What was shaping up to be a sleepy election year in Montana is now anything but. It was a head-spinning week in Montana politics: Two incumbent congressmen declared they weren’t running for ...

Caroline Tracey’s debut essay collection documents the decline of salt lakes, and what their strange ecosystems can teach us about confronting the losses of climate change.

Wyoming’s Golden Triangle is an ecological wonder, but the management plan protecting it from oil and gas development faces unprecedented attacks.

The West becomes more honest, and more durable, when Black cowboys are understood not as symbols or exceptions, but as ...

The Colorado River water crisis isn't hitting everyone equally—century-old water laws mean that some communities face existential threats while others remain secure: these tensions are the heart of ...

A former U.S. Geological Survey research scientist reflects on the Trump administration’s sweeping changes in the agency.

The agency’s new plan for ecologically significant areas of western Oregon is not responsible forest management.

Rye Development proposed the current incarnation of the $2 billion to $3 billion facility in 2017. At the time, Klickitat County had already been planning for years to develop pumped hydro storage at ...

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe’s approach to water management is helping to integrate sovereignty and conservation into water policy in Montana.

The lodge was dimly lit and warm. It smelled of burgers frying and the owner’s trademark freshly cut French fries. People crowded around the most powerful person in the room, and everyone seemed to ...

Badgers embody one of my mantras, “As above, so below,” so it is fitting that I have chosen as my final resting place a plot ...

Plug-in solar offers an easy way to save on power bills and transition to clean energy, but whether the market in the U.S. takes off depends on state laws and product standards.