Mountain West

Congress Passed a Bipartisan Conservation Law. Then the Trump Administration Got in its Way

Republicans and Democrats together approved the Great American Outdoors Act, but the administration has ignored planned projects and imposed rules restricting spending.

By Judy Fahys

If Aridification Choked the Southwest for Thousands of Years, What Does The Future Hold?

By Judy Fahys

Energizing People Who Play Outside to Exercise Their Civic Muscles at the Ballot Box

By Judy Fahys

Clouds of Concern Linger as Wildfires Drag into Flu Season and Covid Numbers Swell

By Judy Fahys

A Judge's Ruling Ousted Federal Lands Chief. Now Some Want His Decisions Tossed, Too

By Judy Fahys

Senate 2020: In Colorado, Where Climate Matters, Hickenlooper is Favored to Unseat Gardner

By Judy Fahys

Senate 2020: With Record Heat, Climate is a Big Deal in Arizona, but It May Not Sway Voters

By Judy Fahys

Senate 2020: In Montana, Big Sky Country, Climate Change is Playing a Role in a Crucial Toss-Up Race

By Judy Fahys

Huge Western Fires in 1910 Changed US Wildfire Policy. Will Today’s Conflagrations Do the Same?

By Michael Kodas

As Wildfire Smoke Blots Out the Sun in Northern California, Many Ask: ‘Where Are the Birds?’

By Deborah Petersen

A Siege of 80 Large, Uncontained Wildfires Sweeps the Hot, Dry West

By Michael Kodas

10 Days of Climate Extremes: From Record Heat to Wildfires to the One-Two Punch of Hurricane Laura

By Bob Berwyn

The Fires May be in California, but the Smoke, and its Health Effects, Travel Across the Country

By Evelyn Nieves, Michael Kodas

California and Colorado Fires May Be Part of a Climate-Driven Global Transformation of Wildfires

By Michael Kodas

Sagebrush Rebel Picked for Public Lands Post Sparks Controversy in Mountain West Elections

By Judy Fahys

As the Culture Wars Flare Amid the Pandemic, a Call to Speak ‘Science to Power’

By Judy Fahys

Humpback Chub 'Alien Abductions' Help Frame the Future of the Colorado River

By Judy Fahys

Drought Fears Take Hold in a Four Corners Region Already Beset by the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Judy Fahys

In Montana, Children File Suit to Protect ‘the Last Best Place’

By Judy Fahys