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Hiking in the heat

by Kylie Mohr July 24, 2024August 8, 2024

A conversation with the head of the preventive search and rescue program in Joshua Tree National Park.

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What being a rural election official is like

by Susan Shain June 21, 2024August 8, 2024

And what’s worrying one expert this November.

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Denver’s new immigration plan, explained

by Natalia Mesa May 16, 2024August 8, 2024

The new program caps shelter stays for all new immigrants but expands services for 800 asylum seekers.

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Denver lanza programa de asistencia para solicitantes de asilo

by Natalia Mesa May 16, 2024August 8, 2024

El nuevo programa busca brindar apoyo a 800 recién llegados, pero cortará recursos para los demas.

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Killing one owl to save another

by Michelle Nijhuis May 10, 2024August 8, 2024

Is it ever the right thing to do? Two ethicists weigh in.

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History, addiction and community in Tommy Orange’s latest novel

by Shelbi Polk May 3, 2024August 8, 2024

A Q&A with the author of ‘Wandering Stars’ and ‘There, There.’

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An environmental justice coalition for all

by Erin X. Wong May 3, 2024August 8, 2024

How has Biden’s record on conservation served communities of color?

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Art without the mask of Native identity

by B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster May 1, 2024April 30, 2024

Multidisciplinary artist Nizhonniya Austin talks about authenticity, trust fund pottery hipsters, and her role as Cara in ‘The Curse.’

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Meet the tree-sitters who occupied a ponderosa pine

by Paul Robert Wolf Wilson and Erin X. Wong April 26, 2024August 8, 2024

The Oregon activists call attention to ongoing clearcuts in old-growth forests.

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Are the Great Salt Lake scientists all right?

by Brooke Larsen April 24, 2024August 8, 2024

A Q&A with Great Salt Lake Institute Director Bonnie Baxter on studying a dying lake.

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How Western ports anchor U.S. supply chains

by Erin X. Wong April 3, 2024April 3, 2024

The Baltimore bridge collapse highlights the nation’s dependence on the shipping industry.

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Fighting climate change by fighting racism

by Susan Shain March 21, 2024May 8, 2024

Hop Hopkins, the new executive director of WildEarth Guardians, explains how the two movements are connected.

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What rural homelessness looks like

by Susan Shain March 13, 2024March 19, 2024

The lessons learned after spending months embedded with unhoused communities in Oregon.

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During climate chaos, a witness and champion of the West

by Jenny Shank February 14, 2024March 6, 2024

A Q&A with author and educator Laura Pritchett.

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Homeowner’s insurance is going up in smoke

by Kylie Mohr January 1, 2024February 5, 2024

A Q&A with California’s former insurance commissioner about coverage in the age of climate change.

Tia Yazzie (Diné) visits with a Nest relative at one of Hummingbird’s community events.
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First direct cash assistance program exclusively for Indigenous parents launched

by Natalia Mesa November 22, 2023January 31, 2024

The Nest, a Washington nonprofit program, seeks to serve Native people during and after pregnancy.

Freeskier Lily Bradley in the new ski film, “People Like Us.”
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Pro skier Lily Bradley disrupts mountain culture in new queer ski film

by Ollie Hancock November 2, 2023January 31, 2024

In ‘People Like Us,’ LGBTQ+ skiers take center stage.

“One of the biggest things for me was that I wanted to be able to highlight the story of the White Buffalo Calf Woman because it’s one of the very important stories related to buffalo,” said Two Bulls.
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The new film ‘Tatanka’ and the many narratives of the buffalo

by Taylar Dawn Stagner October 30, 2023January 24, 2024

Oglala Lakota Richard Two Bulls discusses his new project, which documents the restoration of the buffalo and the revival of a language.

The Thomas Fire burns through Los Padres National Forest, California on December 8, 2017.
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Cultural fire is good fire, and California needs more of it

by Shana Lombard October 23, 2023January 24, 2024

Indigenous land stewards say cultural fires are key to building a fire-resilient landscape.

Summit Magazine, through the years.
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Historic climbing magazine returns after nearly 30 years

by Ollie Hancock October 13, 2023January 24, 2024

‘The Summit Journal’s’ editor hopes to offer an independent voice in climbing media after most print publications merged

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