Anxieties about the future often become refracted as questions of community identity: Who are we? What do we stand for?

Reporting illuminates the moment we’re in and records where we've been.

Plus a forthcoming listening tour.

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Every winter night, thousands of crows flock together to sleep in downtown Portland. Their presence is controversial, but one writer finds a surprising kinship with this curious gathering.

For more than 50 years, writer and ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan has been working alongside communities in the Borderlands to protect and preserve culturally significant plants and plant-based…

When people thought infrastructure could solve the arid West’s water problems.

Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.

Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really…

Experts say good education is about relationships – and a constitutional amendment doesn’t hurt.

Alaska officials accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting but finally dropped those charges this month.

At a Colorado cold lab, scientists race to better understand hail in a warming world.

Doug Burgum was once seen as a conservationist. Reality shows otherwise.

Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really…

#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.

Every winter night, thousands of crows flock together to sleep in downtown Portland. Their presence is controversial, but one writer finds a surprising kinship with this curious gathering.

Even with beauty and nature all around, the online worldbeckons.

At a Colorado cold lab, scientists race to better understand hail in a warming world.

Doug Burgum was once seen as a conservationist. Reality shows otherwise.

A state investigation shines light on the unpermitted fire, which cost nearly $950,000 to contain.

Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really…

Tohono O’odham Nation fights Southern Arizona border wall construction near Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and on its reservation.

Alaska officials accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting but finally dropped those charges this month.

The stories we inherit about the outdoors deserve remembrance. The experiences we create today help determine what future generations believe is possible.

Noah Starling, a wildlife technician for Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, is helping the city ofBozeman anticipate and prevent conflicts between people and wildlife.

The Treaty of Point Elliott bears the signatures of over 80 Indigenous leaders representing more than 20 tribal nations from the Pacific Northwest. Contemporary leaders from some of those nations…

The state’s lawsuit claims the federal government’s plan for the river could strip Las Vegas of two-thirds of its water supply.

Voters in the Equality State finally felt the threat to public lands had reached a critical point, observers say.

A novel approach to curb big money in political spending heads to the ballot.

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.

A state investigation found an unpermitted fire cost nearly $950,000 to contain.

Even with beauty and nature all around, the online worldbeckons.

Tohono O’odham Nation fights Southern Arizona border wall construction near Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and on its reservation.

#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.

On endings and new beginnings.

Small towns in the Permian Basin have become a petri dish for the perils of living amid the nation’s largest oil fields.

An art exhibit centers LGBTQ+ magic and spirituality as an useful reminder of how queer people fought oppression and formed community in the past.

Everything from sand to summer vacations is projected to change in the Grand Canyon as the river’s flows are reduced.

The Pueblo of Sandia urges lawmakers to transfer lands within the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Area.

Western cattlemen are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property.

A few staff departures and a HCN road trip.

Noah Starling, a wildlife technician for Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, is helping the city ofBozeman anticipate and prevent conflicts between people and wildlife.

When people thought infrastructure could solve the arid West’s water problems.

Tohono O’odham Nation fights Southern Arizona border wall construction near Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and on its reservation.

For more than 50 years, writer and ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan has been working alongside communities in the Borderlands to protect and preserve culturally significant plants and plant-based…

An art exhibit centers LGBTQ+ magic and spirituality as an useful reminder of how queer people fought oppression and formed community in the past.

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.

The creatures in our midst may have answers to life’s vexing questions.

The state’s lawsuit claims the federal government’s plan for the river could strip Las Vegas of two-thirds of its water supply.