ICN Mountain West

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

Montana Officials Warn of Elevated Wildfire Risk From Increasing Drought, Heat and Wind

By Mosabber Hossain

Feds Will Soon Impose New Framework on Colorado River if States Can’t Agree How to Manage It

By Wyatt Myskow

New BLM Grazing Rules Eliminate Tribal Buffalo From Public Lands

By Blaine Harden

Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Youth Climate Case Against Trump

By Dana Drugmand

Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn

By Jake Bolster

Logging Project Near Yellowstone Could Threaten Wildlife Habitat and Tourist-Dependent Businesses

By Mosabber Hossain

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

By Peter Aldhous

Trump Officials, Billionaires and the Quiet Reshaping of America’s Public Lands

By Evan Simon and Ames Alexander, Floodlight

Prescribed Burns and Forest Thinning Averted Millions of Tons of Emissions and Billions in Damages

By Steven Rodas

What the US Would Lose If It Eliminates the National Center for Atmospheric Research

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Trump Administration Bans a Nonprofit’s Bison From Grazing on Federal Lands, but Spares Tribes

By Blaine Harden

New Paper Shows Surges of Concentrated Precipitation Can Lead to Dryer Landscapes

By Jake Bolster

As a Colorado Aquifer Runs Low, Dangerous Heavy Metals Threaten Rural Communities’ Drinking Water

By Emily Payne

Colorado Warns of Severe Fire Risk in Southwestern States. It May be Difficult to Share Resources.

By Colorado College Journalism Institute

Wyoming’s Largest Utility Joins a New Western Day Ahead Market for Electricity

By Jake Bolster