Removing federal protection could reverse decades of progress, said Bryan Bird, Southwest director for Defenders of Wildlife. In New Mexico, where they’re also listed as endangered by the state, ...

Washington approves over 99% of archaeological permits, records show ...

Montana’s rollback of its water-quality standards comes at a time of heightened attacks on the Clean Water Act nationwide.

The latest map of Colorado wolf movement, released in November, doesn’t show as much southern activity as October’s. But ...

Karen Budd-Falen, a top official at the Department of Interior, has financial ties to the controversial Thacker Pass lithium ...

Nearly every part of the Western U.S. is in drought conditions today. As of December, the National Water and Climate Center’s map of snow-water equivalent is colored red, and most places are less than ...

A recent study from the Harvard Kennedy School Project on Indigenous Governance and Development shows how gaming has helped tribes acquire economic and political capital. The report was written by ...

Fracking wastewater gushes out of a geyser in Toyah, Texas, in 2024. The geyser flowed water for 19 days before it was stopped. Credit: Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images On Oct. 2, ...

Though the western spotted skunk is less common and more elusive than the more familiar striped skunk, it’s doing better than its cousin back East, where populations have declined by at least 90% ...

With support from the BAND Foundation, High Country News is telling the broader story of conservation in the Western U.S. — a story that crosses property lines, unites communities and connects humans ...

A new study found that about 83% of water passing through public lands uses monument designation for its only protection.

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.