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 ...

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.

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

Christine Ami is a Diné scholar, associate professor and weaver at Diné College, specializing in Indigenous animal studies, traditional ecological knowledge, cultural arts and epistemological ...

River Selby is a writer and former wildland firefighter. They hold an MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University; they are currently pursuing their Ph.D. Their writing has appeared in the New ...

He is disabled, but he tries so hard to be a “normal” bird that he has become one of my favorites. He’s on the floor of my living room, right in the middle of the wide doorway to the kitchen, and he’s ...