ICN Mountain West

Wildfires and Extreme Heat Challenge Water Activist’s Attempt to Run the Length of the Colorado River

By Maya McDaniel

US Senate Committee Advances Bill Exempting Montana Coal Company From Environmental Standards

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist?

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

Federal Plan Makes Steep Colorado River Water Cuts to Arizona, California and Nevada

By Jake Bolster

How Wildfire Smoke Is Reshaping Childhood

By Mosabber Hossain

Trump Administration Eyes Massive Coal Reserves Under Federal Lands

By Lisa Sorg

Global Warming Unmakes Winter in the US West

By Bob Berwyn

A Record-Warm Winter and Summer Heatwave Are Stoking Montana’s Wildfire Risk

By Mosabber Hossain

Will Trump’s Handoff of Grizzly Management to States Lead to More Dead Bears?

By Steven Rodas

Trump Again Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, This Time by Much More

By Wyatt Myskow

Colorado Voters Will Decide Whether a ‘Right to Natural Gas’ is Added to the State Constitution

By Maya McDaniel

Montana County Seeks Pause on AI Data Centers After Property Owner Withdraws Support

By Mosabber Hossain

New Gold Exploration Revives Old Fears for Montana’s Blackfoot River

By Mosabber Hossain

Large Fires Scorch Drought-Stricken Western U.S. 

By Kiley Price

Three Wildland Firefighters Killed in Colorado Blaze

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Planning for Life After Coal Cost a Montana County Commissioner His Seat

By Jake Bolster

Utah National Monument Survives Attempt to Rescind its Management Plan

By Wyatt Myskow

Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff

Brett Walton, Circle of Blue