After oil companies go bust, the state is left paying to clean up abandoned wells, tanks, machinery and sludge pits.

The wolf was noshing on a carcass near the road when a German shepherd leaped out of a passing car and took off after it. Lyons’ photos show the dog chasing the wolf down the road while a different ...

Finalized in November 2024 after years of debate and litigation, the Miles City plan is one of the nation’s largest, governing 12 million acres of BLM land and 55 million acres of federal mineral ...

Students from Heritage University and Northwest Indian College were the first to document the presence of the spotted wing drosophila on the Yakama Nation Reservation — a first step to help eradicate ...

And British Columbia’s premier, David Eby, threatened to place tolls on commercial trucks traveling from the U.S. through B.C ...

AMBER LANSING (ACOMA/DINÉ/SHAWNEE) (SHE/HER) Co-founder of Four Corners Food Coalition, executive director for Dolores Family Project and Dolores Community Garden Dolores, Colorado ...

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In Doña Ana County, New Mexico, residents have long struggled to access clean water. Now, developers plan to spend $165 billion on a massive data center complex.

Tech is facilitating land access in new, and sometimes fraught, ways. You can use smartphone apps to vacuum your home, order a meal and track your sleep. Now, you can also get access to private or ...

We were producing to just barely feed ourselves. And now that commerce has been globalized, big companies are taking over lands around the world. Companies have orchards in different countries. I feel ...

The Chinese immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad quietly endured racism and violence, fostering a complicated legacy for Chinese-Americans.