The drastically reduced boundaries don’t line up with what the public wants.
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The myths of Pocahontas, dispelled
As Native voices gain prominence, the president undermines representation.
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West Obsessed: How to cover tribal affairs
Editor Graham Brewer discusses how best to write about Indian Country.
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Comment period ending for sage grouse review
An Interior Department overhaul of collaborative protection plans could sacrifice birds for development.
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We need a commission to take action on wildfire in the West
Two Forest Service veterans say we fail to manage our fire-dependent forests.
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A new national monument – in Zinke’s home state
Interior threatens to shrink boundaries at Western sites, but Badger-Two Medicine might get designated.
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The West grapples with history through its place names
A growing number of places have been renamed to honor their first inhabitants.
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Interior Department mired in investigations
Democrats vow to press the investigations while Zinke shrugs them off.
Posted inNovember 27, 2017: Profit and Politics
A tale of two parks: How the Bakken boom transformed a landscape
While a North Dakota national park is an oasis from drilling, a nearby state park is thrown open.
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Threatened plants on state lands have few protections
Politics, land ownership and imperiled plants collide in New Mexico.
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Advice from Moab’s mayor: Be careful what you wish for
As his final term ends, Dave Sakrison weighs the cost of decades of transformation.
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California, state of hate
A rise in hate crimes through the eyes of a former white nationalist.
Posted inDecember 25, 2017: Bear Essentials
How Ryan Bundy sees the West
The Bunkerville standoff case portends a trial over federal authority in the region.
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Hunters, it’s long past time we stood up for gun control
Hunting isn’t under attack, but our freedom from violence is.
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What are we fighting for?
Bell Prize winner: Through the trials of life, a young writer finds she’s fighting for our spirit.
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How much do salmon still shape the Northwest?
A new book seeks answers about the future of the iconic fish.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
A fictional Gilead in the Northwest
Two authors imagine societies with draconian policies against women.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
In line at the Great Wall
In no-longer-so-imaginary future, parents and children are separated at the border.
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Zinke’s new sage grouse plans ignore years of work
The changes adhere with Trump’s goals of energy dominance on public lands.
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What a new report on climate science portends for the West
From wildfires to drought, a look at a warming world.