Around the West, community land trusts are helping people recover from disaster — and prepare for the next one.

The Western Apache and a coalition of environmental groups have fought for years against the Resolution Copper mine, which would become one of the country’s largest at the cost of a site revered by ...

SAGUAROS SYMBOLIZE the Sonoran Desert, appearing in classic Western movies and even children’s cartoons. A cactus can grow up ...

She co-founded a Whatcom County chapter of the Rainbow Coalition. Later, as part of the United Farm Workers of America, she led negotiations to win a union contract for farmworkers at the Chateau Ste.

Faith Kearns is the scientist and director of research communication for the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative at Arizona State University.

Julie Green painted the last meals served to people sentenced to die in an attempt to humanize capital punishment.

On a clear day, the trails winding through West Coyote Hills near Fullerton, California, offer a sweeping view of the mountains rising over Orange County’s suburban sprawl. Over 500 acres of ...

The administration said it will go hunting for cases of wind energy companies unintentionally killing migratory birds — something it has long argued is not a violation of federal law.

A 2001 policy restricts road construction on Forest Service land. What happens to at-risk species if it’s removed? After four years, the long-awaited signal arrived on the computer: Rose ...

The bats swept above us as we entered the water. In late spring, the San Juan charged like a desert bighorn ram in the rut. It was strewn with cottonwood seeds: The puffy globs drifted on the ...

As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.

On a blazingly hot day in June, amid the rolling hills around California’s Mount Diablo, I caught a glimpse of the American kestrel’s future. It was the tail end of the bird’s fledging ...