Dismantling the U.S. Forest Service harms public lands and communities
When I led the Bureau of Land Management under President Biden, the hardest part of my job was reassembling the…
San Isabel National Forest, Nathrop, Colorado, Dave Marston photo
MoreInterior Secretary ramps up assault on public land
For the second consecutive year, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has proposed a budget that attempts to undermine the agencies that…
A young child waits to get through the line at Arches National Park, photo Dave Marston
MoreJackson Hole novelist celebrated mountain-town eccentrics
Before Wyoming’s Jackson Hole valley became the province of the ultra-rich, it drew mountain athletes and outdoor enthusiasts enthralled by…
Teton Cyclery photo by Connie Wieneke
MoreRandom murders unite a remote Utah county
If I look south from my living room in Torrey, Utah, I see the sandstone spine of the Cockscomb below…
The Cockscomb, where Linda Dewey and Natalie Graves planned to hike by Stephen Trimble
MoreThe real reason ICE agents wear masks
Under the Trump administration, agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, have been wearing masks while…
ICE vehicle, courtesy Colorado Rapid Reaponse network
MoreBison need better treatment from Montana
In 1886, the last wild buffalo on the Great Plains was killed among the steep bluffs and badlands of central…
Bison, photo by Taylor Wright, courtesy of Unsplashjpg
MoreColorado River faces a day of reckoning
We are two and a half decades into the Southwest’s most severe drought of the last 1,200 years, and this…
Glen Canyon Dam, Photo by Luca Bravo, courtesy Unsplash
MoreThe Bureau of Land Management is running amok
Imagine the worst landlord you ever had. Then, make it worse. The landlord sells off the wood floor in your…
Clear-cut of Cascadia Forest, courtesy of KS Wild: George Sexton
MoreGuilty plea changes Wyoming’s wolf torment case
A case of appalling animal cruelty in Wyoming is close to being closed with a plea of guilty, setting a…
Gray Wolf, courtesy Ted Williams
MoreA Colorado town waits for a water crisis
Right now, Durango has 10 to 30 days of water stored in its Terminal Reservoir, which holds 267 acre-feet. That’s annual water consumption for about 600 households; Durango has over 9,000 households
Lake Nighthorse, near Durango, Colorado on May 26, 2023. Thanks to lighthawk.org for the aerial support. ©Mitch Tobin Usage rights are granted for editorial and nonprofit purposes only. No commercial or re-sale rights are granted without permission of the photographer. https://waterdesk.org/multimedia/license/
MoreWhen mountain lion management turns to quackery
This year, in what it calls a “study,” Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources is killing off mountain lions in an effort…
MoreA Utah monument comes under attack—again
Utah Republican Congresswoman Celeste Maloy is irritated. Her most recent attack on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument spurred wide and deep…
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