The 1922 Colorado River Compact divided the river into an Upper and Lower Basin and became part of the collection of laws, legal agreements and court decisions known as the Law of the River. Tribal ...

Being retired, he did not receive the now-famous “fork in the road” email, in which lifelong public servants were asked to give up their jobs or risk being fired, but it hurt him, I know, to think ...

Pam Houston is the author of two novels, two short story collections and three books of nonfiction. She lives in Colorado and teaches at UC Davis and the Institute of American Indian Arts. Her latest ...

So, let’s consider last year as a whole. In 2025, natural gas still led the energy mix in the West, providing 31% of the 11 states’ total generation, followed by hydropower at 20%. Solar came in a ...

The Interior Department will soon publish a ‘categorical exclusion’ that will rubber stamp oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum Reserve.

When it came to finding a cover image for August’s special issue on Conversations, we always knew that depicting the complexities of communication was going to be challenging. Fortunately, former ...

Climate disasters are on the rise in New Mexico and revenues from the state’s biggest polluter are helping to foot the bill.

Standing Rock increased division in North Dakota between Indigenous communities and nearby non-Indigenous communities. Propaganda made it worse.

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

Sacred to our community since time immemorial, Sandia Mountain is our church, our protector and our source of well-being. It is also home to wildlife and important ecosystems, and a source of beauty ...

Teal Davis is the environment reporter for Wyoming Public Media and a Report for America corps member. Her position is part of a partnership with High Country News' Western Environmental Reporting ...