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Skiers descend Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado on May 4. Snowpack across the mountains that supply the Colorado River is far below normal for this time of year. Forecasts call for 55 percent of average runoff into Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

A Dry Winter on the Colorado River Has Big Reservoirs on Track for Trouble

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Hector Denogean Sr. stands the Mammoth Miners Memorial in Southern Arizona. Denogean says he can’t support a new mine that may take more water out of the drying region. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

In Southern Arizona, Community Opposition to Mining Grows in Towns That Once Depended on the Industry

By Wyatt Myskow, Yana Kunichoff

An aerial view of Oak Flat in Arizona. Credit: EcoFlight

Oak Flat is Sacred to Western Apache. The Trump Administration Intends to Approve a Plan to Destroy It

By Wyatt Myskow

Mosquitoes fly over the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Climate Change Is Helping Heartworm Spread to Pets in the Mountain West

By Tina Deines

Rolling hills of sage are spotted with oil and gas developments on leased land in Jackson County, Colo. Credit: AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post

Amid Questions of Loyalty to Trump, a Longtime Oil and Gas Advocate Withdraws as Nominee to Lead BLM

By Jake Bolster

In Washington Township, Mich., a gas pipeline in wetlands in Stony Creek Metropark. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Study Shows Extreme and Far-Reaching Impacts of Sackett Ruling on Federal Wetland Protections

By Lauren Dalban

An aerial view of the Colorado River near the Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Ariz., as drought conditions affect the Southwest on June 18, 2024. Credit: Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

Despite Staff and Budget Cuts, NOAA Issues Critical Drought Warnings in Its Spring Climate Outlook

By Bob Berwyn

Owen Crowlie and Trevor Lauber display their protest signs to visitors of Chiricahua National Monument on March 15 in Cochise County, Ariz. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

As Americans Protest Attacks on Public Lands, Trump Signals National Monuments May be Shrunk or Eliminated

By Wyatt Myskow

Cheridyn Egan washes a collard green at Borderlands Restoration Network’s Borderlands Earth Care Center on March 3 in Patagonia, Ariz. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

In Arizona’s Famed Sky Islands, Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze Stalls Crucial Conservation Work

By Wyatt Myskow

The Colorado River flows out of Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir, on Dec. 16, 2021. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Questions and Confusion as Trump Pauses Key Funding for Shrinking Colorado River

By Alex Hager, KUNC

The development of a pipline system is seen in an oil field in the Permian Basin of New Mexico. Credit: Sherman Hogue/Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico

Bureau of Land Management Trims Environmental Review Before $20 Million Oil and Gas Lease Sale

By Marianne Lavelle

People walk through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, designated during Obama administration, in Washington County, Utah. Credit: Bob Wick/BLM

New Poll Finds Broad Support for Conservation and Action on Climate Change Across the West

By Jake Bolster

Pronghorn roam through a natural gas field in the Green River Basin, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, in Southwestern Wyoming. Credit: Tara Boucher/BLM Wyoming

With a Veteran Oil and Gas Lobbyist Nominated To Lead the BLM, Westerners Worry About Wildlife and Renewable Energy

By Jake Bolster

Audience members watch a ballet performance during Indigenous Women’s Day on February 8 in the rotunda of the New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe. Credit: Noel Lyn Smith/Inside Climate News

Indigenous Women Spotlight the Climate Crisis in New Mexico at Gathering Inside the Roundhouse

By Noel Lyn Smith

An oil pumpjack operates in the Permian Basin oil field in Odessa, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Project 2025 Advisor Takes the Reins at EPA Region 6

By Martha Pskowski

Former President Joe Biden is given a ceremonial sash after singing proclamations creating the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument at the White House on Jan. 14. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Conservation Won Big Under Biden. Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders Fear Trump Will Undo Those Gains

By Wyatt Myskow

Albuquerque resident Annie Frang was struck by a car riding home from work in August 2024. She suffered a separated shoulder from the incident. Credit: Tina Deines/Inside Climate News

Wheels Are Turning to Make Albuquerque Streets Less Threatening to Bicycle Commuters

By Tina Deines

Kerry Schwartz, a retired hydrogeology faculty member and water resources educator at the University of Arizona, holds up a small sample of water from the spring in Alum Gulch. Credit: Esther Frances/Inside Climate News

The Renewable Energy Transition Has Residents of a Small Arizona Town on Edge

By Esther Frances, Megija Medne and Phillip Powell

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