At a desert spring, silence can seem ordinary in a place where frogs once called. That’s the trouble with a shrinking ...

The permitting reform bill currently proposed by Western Senators would dramatically limit tribes’ role in projects impacting ...

Thank you for your stellar reporting (“ How the Interior secretary has let down public lands and the nation ,” Sept. 24, 2026), which is often very sad news for us who care about our environment — sad ...

Laying out his vision of a modern, booming New Mexico economy, state Sen. Michael Padilla, D, touted a bill in the 2025 legislative session that he said would incentivize “the construction and ...

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In Sad Man Happy Hour, Portland poet Aileen Keown Vaux places the lighthearted and pedestrian alongside the bleak and profound: a plate of sizzling hashbrowns paired with nuclear proliferation; ...

In September, members of the HCN staff and board gathered in Estes Park, Colorado, to reconnect and reset after another year of hard work. The aspen leaves were going gold on the hillsides, elk ...

The sky island range in southeastern Arizona is a gathering spot for species from around the globe.