Western groups lose federal grants for urgent restoration and conservation projects.
Southwest
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Why Colorado River negotiations are so difficult
Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before the feds step in?
Posted inNovember 2025: Precious Metalheads
Aspen ‘eyes’ keep us accountable to the natural world
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
Posted inOctober 2025: Limits to Growth
The dried-out subdivisions of Phoenix
A groundwater crisis halted the construction of thousands of homes and pitted affordability against environmental concerns.
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Resistance to data centers rises on the border
In Doña Ana County, New Mexico, residents have long struggled to access clean water. Now, developers plan to spend $165 billion on a massive data center complex.
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In rural New Mexico, kids paint a sonic portrait of their ghost town
Madrid was once a booming coal town. At radio camp, its youngest inhabitants had big questions about its past — and present.
Posted inAugust 2025: Fire Culture
Flow like the San Juan
If western rivers have been recognized as legal persons, they must be queer and disabled persons.
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What Sonoran Desert fungi are teaching scientists
The understudied mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems and may prove critical to the survival of fragile deserts stressed by climate change.
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Trump’s border wall expansion endangers wildlife and habitat
Migration pathways for animals will be further fragmented by the new additions to the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Massive pipeline spill seeps toward Colorado’s Animas River
23,000 gallons of gasoline leaked on the Southern Ute reservation in December.
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Hunting for dark nights and wishing on stars
A bike ride into the desert and an author in search of darkness.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
El poder subversivo de la radio en español
Durante décadas, las comunidades inmigrantes han usado las ondas para educarse y protegerse. Bajo la administración de Trump, lo están haciendo de nuevo.
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NOAA issues critical drought warnings during cuts to agency
The embattled agency continues to disseminate crucial updates in a hostile political environment.
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Raúl Grijalva: A patriot for public lands
The legacy and words left by the committed and compassionate politician carry forward with public servants across the world.
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Indigenous spaces all around new Arizona exhibit
Fine art, downtown markets and natural aesthetics bloom at the Heard Museum as Phoenix’s cultural institution springs forward with Native artists.
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EPA takes unprecedented step to remove uranium waste from the Navajo Nation
The decision opens the door for new ways to manage uranium pollution on tribal land.
Posted inSeptember 2024: When Migrants Go Missing
What a 9,000-mile butterfly migration taught me about queer survival
‘Painted ladies’ go through extraordinary journeys, kindred to that of many LTBTQ+ people.
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Arizona and Nevada edge toward Harris and Walz
The Democratic ticket is hitting home in Western swing states with young, minority and independent voters.
Posted inJuly 2024
The father of Chicano art photography
Louis Carlos Bernal saw his role
as creating art of and for the people.
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La retrospectiva de Louis Carlos Bernal
El primer gran estudio de la vida y el trabajo del “padre de la fotografía artística chicana”