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Razor Wire and Clearcutting at the Border Threaten Native Rio Grande Habitat

As border barriers go up in the Rio Grande Valley, one nature enthusiast in Starr County is documenting what’s being lost.

By Martha Pskowski

Concertina wire was recently placed along the Rio Grande in Roma, Texas, as contractors clear vegetation along the river. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News
Caribou graze by a portion of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System near the Dalton Highway on May 9, 2025, in Alaska’s North Slope. Credit: Lance King/Getty Images

Expanded Arctic Drilling Faces a Wave of Lawsuits

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Rio Grande flows through Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, where people rely on getting supplies from Texas. According to the Customs and Border Protection website, this area is slated for “smart wall” construction. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Border Wall Closes in on Big Bend

By Martha Pskowski

A wood stork carries fresh nesting material across the Wakodahatchee Wetlands on Jan. 21 in Delray Beach, Fla. Credit: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Trump Administration to Finalize Protections for 11 South Florida Plants and Animals

By Amy Green

The Rio Grande and the border wall are seen in Brownsville, Texas, on Jan. 15. Credit: Gabriel V. Cardenas/AFP via Getty Images

Rio Grande Valley Advocates Urge Congress to Restore Protections for Public Lands in Path of Border Wall

By Martha Pskowski

The Gifford Fire burns through 30,000 acres in Los Padres National Forest near Santa Maria, Calif., on Aug. 2, 2025. Credit: Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Wildfire Urgency Unites Congress. The ‘Fix Our Forests’ Act Does Not.

By Katie Surma

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on April 10, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Jon Raedle via Getty Images

In Florida, Questions Surround the State’s Attempt to Expand Its Role in Everglades Restoration

By Amy Green

An oil rig drills near Salmon Creek in Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest in 2023, where more than 1,000 new oil and gas wells have been approved since October 2006. Credit: Mayra Beltran/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Despite Limited Interest in Drilling on Federal Land, Forest Service ‘Streamlines’ Oil and Gas Leasing Rules

By Jake Bolster

National Park Service Director Charles F. Sams III gives remarks at the 2022 National Christmas Tree Lighting on November 30 at Presidents Park in Washington, DC. Credit: National Park Service

The ‘Biggest Tragedy’ of Trump’s Gutting of the National Park Service

By Blaine Harden

Grosvenor Arch in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Credit: (c) Tim Peterson

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is Yet Again Under Threat, This Time From Congress

By Wyatt Myskow

A patch of the White Mountain National Forest is clear-cut in a logging operation near Stow, Maine. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Decades-Old Rule that Allowed Logging on Vast Swaths of US Land Ruled Unlawful by Oregon Court

By Gloria Dickie

An oilfield operation is seen on leased land managed by the BLM’s Bakersfield office in Kern County, California. Credit: Jesse Pluim/BLM

Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around?

By Blanca Begert

An airboat takes tourists on a tour of the Florida Everglades near Sawgrass Recreation Park in Weston, Fla., on Nov. 12. Credit: Jose Iglesias/Miami Herald

Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms

By Amy Green

Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

A grizzly boar walks through the meadow near White Creek in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Jacob W. Frank/NPS

Could Rescinding The Roadless Rule Make It Harder To Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies?

By Jake Bolster

The environmentalist is holding a sign that says, “Stop Trump’s Extinction Plan.”

How Proposed Changes to the Endangered Species Act Could Further Threaten the Country’s Imperiled Species

By Kiley Price

Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service prepare a hoselay on a hillside during the Park Fire in Tehama County, Calif., on July 27, 2024. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Hope—and Many Fears—Follow in the Wake of Trump’s Plan to Transform Wildland Firefighting

By Kiley Price

A view of the Shawnee National Forest from the Garden of the Gods observation trail near Herod, Ill. Credit: Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Bill Ensuring Active Management of Shawnee National Forest Clears Senate Committee

By Sarah Mattalian

Deer Springs Ranch in Utah relies on water that filters from the Paunsaugunt Plateau through the Grey Cliffs of Grand Staircase. Coal mining in the area could put the water supply at risk. Credit: Jackie Grant/Grand Staircase Escalante Partners

Trump Administration’s Threats to Shrink or Eliminate National Monuments Could Endanger Drinking Water for Millions

By Wyatt Myskow

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