Ka’ila Farrell-Smith grew up in a community that was deeply involved in the fight for Indigenous rights, protesting broken treaties and other mistreatment of Native American people. Members of the ...

Jacob Malcom, founder of Next Interior, shares his fears for the agency and his hopes for a post-Trump reconstruction.

Colorado was once a beacon for members of the Harlem Renaissance and Black families from all over the country.

Former national park supervisor explains why toilets may be clean this summer, the parks themselves are actually ‘hollowed out.’ ...

Fire destroys and fire creates, according to firefighters-turned-authors River Selby and Kelly Ramsey, who fought wildland ...

Colorado was once a beacon for members of the Harlem Renaissance and Black families from all over the country.

In the wake of DOGE cuts, an all-female ‘Forest Corps’ is filling federal agency gaps for Wyoming trail projects.

As tourism season begins, trail crews are facing disruptions in key trail maintenance projects.

Confused about what’s happening on the Klamath? Dams, salmon, irrigation and more.

A new analysis suggests that over half of communities in the West lack the capacity to take advantage of infrastructure bill funding. Now what?

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