Despite statewide restrictions on the deadly poisons, new research shows they’re still infiltrating the food web.

Trail work, though underappreciated, made for a life well-lived in the woods.

The scientists analyzed 23 years of bird migration data to determine the variability in the birds’ arrival times each spring. And they identified two distinct regions — East and West. In the East, ...

Despite the torture and killing of a wolf in Daniel one year ago, the state has found a way to manage its wolves.

Brent Davis thinks he grows the tastiest tomatoes. For four generations, his family has farmed and ranched near the eastern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, 45 minutes north of Salt Lake City. He ...

This article appeared in the March 2025 print edition of the magazine with the headline “‘Rights of nature’ laws take root in the West.” ...

Farmers, tribes and environmental advocates in rural Oregon raise alarms about the empty promises of biofuels.

Amal Ahmed is a freelance journalist based in southwest Washington. She’s previously covered environmental and climate policy from Texas. Sign up to receive High Country News ’ email newsletters and ...

In the months before the Navajo Generating Station closed, many observers prognosticated economic doom for nearby Page, Arizona, population 7,500 or so. The plant employed 463 full-time, high-wage ...

Laurel Flores Fantauzzo is the author of the young adult novel My Heart Underwater and the nonfiction book The First Impulse. Sign up to receive High Country News ’ email newsletters and get ...

Copies of the original plan still exist, one of which sits in the Los Angeles Public Library, where it fell into the hands of the artist and video game designer Alice Bucknell. For Bucknell, the plan ...

Male roadrunners’ colors become accentuated during mating season. In fact, in many bird species, males are the showiest, sporting iridescent, delectable colors, blooming tail feathers, and, in the ...