Albert Sommers, a cattle rancher and former Wyoming speaker of the House, understands DeWitt’s concerns. After Roberts’ actions with the wolf became public in early 2024, he defended Roberts’ ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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.

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in ...

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