Jack Yantis, an Idaho rancher, raised the profile of rural police brutality.
Wyoming
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Wyoming seeks compromise on wildlife migration corridors
Migration science has advanced, and the Game & Fish Commission is looking to reassess land use.
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KDNK talks coal communities with DC correspondent Elizabeth Shogren
One activist trying to draw attention to coal’s climate effects has become a pariah in some Western towns.
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The Freedom Caucus and the West
The new Tea Party-friendly movement is small but already has had a big impact on Western issues.
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In Wyoming, the future of Native health depends on kids
Infant mortality among Wyoming’s Native population is more than double that of the state’s white population.
Posted inNovember 9, 2015: The Campaign Against Coal
The campaign against coal
Where ‘keep it in the ground’ meets ‘keep the lights on.’
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BLM mulls energy development in sage grouse habitat
Feds may restrict hardrock mining and put oil and gas leases on auction block.
Posted inOctober 26, 2015: Clean Energy's Dirty Secret
A marriage of unequals
A review of ‘Leaving Before the Rains Come,’ Alexandra Fuller’s account of her unsteady arc from Zimbabwe to Wyoming
Posted inOctober 26, 2015: Clean Energy's Dirty Secret
Photographing Wyoming Prairies
A review of ‘Wyoming Grasslands.’
Posted inOctober 26, 2015: Clean Energy's Dirty Secret
Where nuns are ranch hands
Colorado’s Abbey of St. Walburga is a spiritual refuge — and a working ranch.
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Can studying morality help Yellowstone’s wolves and bison?
Sociologist Justin Farrell plumbs the spiritual depths of environmental struggle.
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Groups sue Wyoming over ‘data trespassing’ law
The laws make it a crime to collect data on open land if the collector lacks certain permissions.
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Hidden camera traps capture wildlife in Wyoming
An ecologist uses a scientific tool for artistic purposes.
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Why Jim Unger came West: a Yellowstone love affair
There are tourists, and then there’s Jim Unger, a Pennsylvania resident who headed out this summer on his 41st pilgrimage to some of the places that have become his second home — the national parks, monuments and historic sites of the West. It all started in 1971, when Jim and his wife, Sandy, both elementary […]
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Are nonprofit models an answer for small ski areas?
As climate and economic challenges mount, some community ski hills find a new path.
Posted inAugust 31, 2015: Unlocking the Methane Mystery
Renewal through exploration in Greater Yellowstone
Review of ‘The Wild Excellence: Notes from Untamed America’ by Leslie Patten.
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New research on how drilling affects deer in northwest Colorado
Landscape-level planning could help mule deer cope with the impacts of oil and gas.
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Wyoming town wants low royalties for coal companies
In Interior Department listening session, Gillette miners air fears of new regulations.
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Fatal shooting in Wyoming raises questions about racism
Were two tribal members the victims of a hate crime?
Posted inJuly 20, 2015: Shredded
Readers’ essays on favorite spots to recreate
Tell us where we can find you paddling, walking and hunting.