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More than 47,000 aspen trees, all connected by a single root system, make up the Kebler Pass aspen stand in the Colorado high country. Credit: EcoFlight

What Conservation Coalitions Have Learned from an Aspen Tree

By Zoë Rom

A cowboy herds cows down a dirt road in the San Rafael Swell on BLM land near Green River, Utah, on April 14. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

Western States and Industry Groups Unite to Block BLM’s Conservation Priority Land Rule

By Najifa Farhat

An oil drilling rig operates near Pinedale in Sublette County, Wyoming. Credit: William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images

Judge Orders Oil and Gas Leases in Wyoming to Proceed After Updated BLM Environmental Analysis

By Jake Bolster

A herd of pronghorn are seen in the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS

Fossil Fuel Development and Invasive Trees Drive Pronghorn Population Decline in Wyoming

By Najifa Farhat

Jay Barlogi, the general manager of the Twin Falls Canal Company, explains how water from the Snake River moves through irrigation canals on June 27. Credit: Daniel Rothberg/Inside Climate News

In Idaho, Water Shortages Pit Farmers Against One Another

By Daniel Rothberg

The Snowy River Carbon Sequestration Project will use the space under this federal public land in Carter County, Montana, as a storage vessel for greenhouse gas emissions. Credit: Najifa Farhat/Inside Climate News

Montana Is a Frontier for Deep Carbon Storage, and the Controversies Surrounding the Potential Climate Solution

By Najifa Farhat

Nate King (aged 6) and Jeff King (aged 10), the youngest plaintiffs of the case, speak at a press conference held outside the Montana Supreme Court building in Helena on Wednesday. Credit: Najifa Farhat/Inside Climate News

Montana’s High Court Considers a Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Najifa Farhat

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, current chair of the Western Governors’ Association, released a “Decarbonizing the West” report. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Governors in the West Seek Profitability for Industrial and Natural Carbon Removal Projects

By Jake Bolster

Rusty Bell, director of Gillette College’s Office of Economic Transformation, and Justin Loyka, energy program director with the Nature Conservancy in Wyoming, discuss potential solar sighting on coal mines near Gillette, Wyo. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Mining the Sun: Some in the Wyoming Epicenter of the Coal Industry Hope to Sustain Its Economy With Renewables

By Jake Bolster

A gray wolf of the Canyon Pack is seen near Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Jim Peaco/NPS

Out of Site, Out of Mind? New Study Finds Missing Apex Predators Are Too Often Neglected in Ecological Research

By Bing Lin

A greater sage-grouse is seen flying through the Warner Mountains of Oregon. Credit: John Carlson/USFWS

Can the Greater Sage-Grouse Be Kept Off the Endangered Species List?

By Wyatt Myskow

Leslie Hagenstein indicates where the New Fork River flows through her property on Mar. 27. She signed up for a program that pays her to pause irrigation on her land in order to save Colorado River water. Some experts say the System Conservation Pilot Program, or SCPP, is costly and may not be the most effective way to save Colorado River water. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Using Less of the Colorado River Takes a Willing Farmer and $45 Million in Federal Funds

By Alex Hager, KUNC and Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism

A wolf is seen in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Credit: Jim Peaco/National Park Service

The Torture and Killing of a Wolf, a New Endangered Species Lawsuit and Novel Science Revive Wyoming Debate Over the Predator

By Jake Bolster

A view of the Eagle Butte Coal Mine in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

BLM Ends Future Coal Mining on Powder River Basin Federal Lands

By Jake Bolster

A view of tractors at the Eagle Butte Coal Mine in Gillette, Wyo. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

At State’s Energy Summit, Wyoming Promises to ‘Make Sure Our Fossil Fuels Have a Future’

By Jake Bolster

Skiers hike along the ridgeline of the East Wall at Arapahoe Basin ski area in Colorado on May 4. Credit: Michael Kodas

A Rare Dose of Hope for the Colorado River as New Study Says Future May Be Wetter

By Alex Hager, KUNC

A view of the Naughton coal-fired power plant in Kemmerer, Wyo. The plant is scheduled to be decommissioned by 2025 and TerraPower plans to build a nuclear plant nearby. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

Q&A: What’s the Deal with Bill Gates’s Wyoming Nuclear Plant?

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

The Bonneville Environmental Foundation will administer federal grants to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming under the new Solar for All Program. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Biden Administration Awards Wyoming $30 Million From New ‘Solar for All’ Grant

By Jake Bolster

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