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A reality check on Biden’s ‘30 by 30’ conservation plan
WEBJun 23, 2021 · A week after Joe Biden became president, he signed an executive order that announced his commitment to protecting 30% of U.S. land and water — over 720 million acres — by 2030. The move ...
Diverted, drained and dwindling: What’s the fate of New Mexico’s …
WEBJan 14, 2021 · The Rio Grande used to provide water on a bell curve, with powerful floods in the spring and summer and lower and slower flows in the winter. Now the dams release about 20% of what naturally ...
The power of atmospheric rivers, explained - High Country News
WEBJan 4, 2023 · The effects of atmospheric rivers on actual rivers are mixed: Heavy flows can scour and erode creek beds, threatening whatever is living — or spawning — in them. But in some places, high flows ...
Trump’s impact on Indian Country over four years
WEBDec 16, 2020 · When President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, many tribal leaders took a wait-and-see approach, given his poor record on Indigenous affairs. Four years later, Indian Country has ...
How ‘pretendians’ undermine the rights of Indigenous people
WEBApr 2, 2019 · By claiming indigeneity without the recognition of Native nations, pretendians undermine a core tenant of tribal sovereignty: the ability for tribes to determine citizenship. “They are attacking ...
A human-caused wildfire burns Oregon’s Columbia Gorge
WEBSep 8, 2017 · The human-started Eagle Creek Fire burned more than 30,000 acres as of September 8. Curtis Perry/Flickr. In the long term, Lang says, the “gorge is incredibly resilient.”. But on a human ...
The Karuk Tribe fights a growing wildfire threat and a lack of …
WEBMar 12, 2019 · The year before, 450 firefighters worked to contain a 650-acre wildfire that destroyed a Karuk elder’s home. But in the remote town of Orleans, home to Hillman and many Karuk tribal members, the ...
Winter without snow is coming - High Country News
WEBDec 14, 2021 · Parts of the Mountain West could be nearly snowless for years at a time in just a few decades. Snowmaking at Aspen Highlands Ski Resort started on October 13, leaving spots of snow on the ground ...
How, 150 years ago, the Homestead Act transformed the West
WEBDec 9, 2012 · This year marks the 150th anniversary of the fruit of Jefferson’s conviction — the 1862 Homestead Act. The federal law changed the West forever by providing a new start for urban emigrants ...
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