He has also helped develop agrivoltaics projects all around the world, working with communities in Kenya, Mexico, Morocco and elsewhere. High Country News’ twice weekly email newsletter includes our ...

As the Western leaders left the Eldorado, they were hit by monsoon rains, which flooded the historic Santa Fe Plaza and ...

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Reclaiming Chinese culture through cultivation.

Amy Romer is an award-winning photojournalist based on Sḵwx̱wú7mesh territory. Her stories focus on Indigenous law and child welfare for IndigiNews. She is a National Geographic Explorer. An ...

The result is a patchwork of laws protecting the nation’s wetlands. But if more Western states were to emulate their neighbors’ efforts and take action, millions of acres of wetlands could be saved, ...

Scientists in the United States tend to avoid activism; many fear that wading into politics will undermine their work and compromise their independence. Others worry that engaging in protest or ...

Time and travel are the biggest barriers. Bourne’s a Fallon Paiute-Shoshone member, but he lives in Lovelock, so seeing a ...

There’s a simplicity in mourning the world in this climate crisis; the evidence speaks for itself. Tap tap. The burden of grieving and loving our wounded world together, though, is more bearable.

IN THE HOT SUMMER months in the Mountain West, from July into late summer, the hard winters pay off. You can almost forget that spring is short, and the growing season is over so quickly. You can ...

Today, Adobe Manor has 16 renovated units for families and individual renters. Adobe Manor offers Section 8 affordable housing, and Chavez rents some of the units to Catholic Charities, a nonprofit ...

Senate Republicans’ proposed legislation to sell off public lands could have unique impacts on tribal nations.