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

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 ...

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

Wildfires like this are increasingly affecting water supplies across the U.S. and creating a compounding crisis that experts in water, utilities and emergency management are only beginning to wrestle ...

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.

The 30-year-old national service agency had tens of thousands working on climate change, conservation and disaster response in communities across the West.

It had nothing to do with augury. I held the cell phone high into moonlight, playing the cry of a tawny owl. Merlin obliged, but it also had nothing to do with magic. It was data. The magician an ...

Shi En Kim is an editorial fellow at HCN covering science, environment and society. Feel free to email her at [email protected] to speak with her about these topics and more or submit a letter to ...

As the federal land and wildlife agencies struggle to meet their responsibilities, volunteers and others are stepping up, not only to help endangered toads but also to maintain trail systems, host ...

Before the pandemic, the cedar plankhouse called Cathlapotle would have been full of stories and fire. Every winter, the Chinook Indian Nation and neighboring tribes hold their annual gathering ...

Workers describe projects on wildfire prevention, environmental restoration and trail repair halted by Trump administration terminations.