Removing federal protection could reverse decades of progress, said Bryan Bird, Southwest director for Defenders of Wildlife. In New Mexico, where they’re also listed as endangered by the state, ...

Montana’s rollback of its water-quality standards comes at a time of heightened attacks on the Clean Water Act nationwide.

Washington approves over 99% of archaeological permits, records show ...

The latest map of Colorado wolf movement, released in November, doesn’t show as much southern activity as October’s. But ...

Karen Budd-Falen, a top official at the Department of Interior, has financial ties to the controversial Thacker Pass lithium ...

As tribes struggle to protect their heritage, the nation’s leading state archaeologist says she lacks the authority to to stop development projects.

A recent study from the Harvard Kennedy School Project on Indigenous Governance and Development shows how gaming has helped tribes acquire economic and political capital. The report was written by ...

Nearly every part of the Western U.S. is in drought conditions today. As of December, the National Water and Climate Center’s map of snow-water equivalent is colored red, and most places are less than ...

As tribes struggle to protect their heritage, the nation’s leading state archaeologist says she lacks the authority to to stop development projects.

Fracking wastewater gushes out of a geyser in Toyah, Texas, in 2024. The geyser flowed water for 19 days before it was stopped. Credit: Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images On Oct. 2, ...

With support from the BAND Foundation, High Country News is telling the broader story of conservation in the Western U.S. — a story that crosses property lines, unites communities and connects humans ...

Though the western spotted skunk is less common and more elusive than the more familiar striped skunk, it’s doing better than its cousin back East, where populations have declined by at least 90% ...