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 ...

After repeated calls, texts and letters, the Forest Service sent the ranchers a “notice of noncompliance,” according to documents obtained via public records requests. The agency asserted that the ...

One day in September 2018, as Beth Pratt was hiking in California’s Yosemite National Park, she encountered pile after pile of fresh scat along a creek flowing out of Kuna Lake. She knew it was only a ...

A car drives through flames from the Franklin Fire at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, in early December. Credit: Eric Thayer/AP photo Last month, the Mountain Fire ignited under similar ...

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% ...

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

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

After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.