In challenging times, it’s good to remember that many Westerners remain determined to create a better world. In this issue, we learn about the young Montanans who successfully sued for the right to a ...

U.S. Forest Service stock animals are indispensable to trail work on public lands in the West. Trump’s radical upheaval is accelerating the death of a dying art.

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Volunteers sacrifice time, energy and money to help mustangs removed from the range find homes. Can they convince people to take them?

In August 2023, the judge ruled against the state, which appealed to the Montana Supreme Court. When the court affirmed the ruling in December, Held became the first case in the country in which youth ...

With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, these four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation.

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With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, these four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation.

With a small suitcase in hand, in November of 2021, she went to the Interfaith Sanctuary, a homeless shelter in downtown Boise. Surrounded by a busy highway, businesses and warehouses, the low tan-and ...

Cheaper renewables and natural gas began edging out nuclear generation; the San Onofre nuclear plant near San Diego shut down in 2012, and Diablo Canyon near San Luis Obispo was slated for retirement ...