If you have climbed a peak or hiked in a golden aspen forest, paddled a protected river or visited a cultural site on any of the hundreds of millions of acres of public national forest land, there’s a ...

The reservoirs were under threat, and had been for decades.

A program that pays rice farmers to create wetland habitats is a rare conservation win.

Paul Kiefer is a freelance journalist and was born and raised in Washington. He has covered homelessness among poultry workers in rural Delaware, addiction medicine and incarceration in the Pacific ...

Throughout much of human history, fire has been a source of comfort, warmth — even inspiration. Only when the flames eclipse our control and threaten the things we prize do we hasten to ...

Madhvi Chittoor has had a hectic summer. For months, the 13-year-old has attended hearings, reviewed environmental assessments and emailed government officials. She wants to stop Civitas, a Denver ...

Meredith Lawrence is an arts and culture writer and photographer. Her work has appeared in Paste, No Depression, GRAMMY.com, American Theatre Mag, Vox, Brooklyn Mag, Craftsmanship Mag, Alta Journal ...

Across the country, Latinos occupy an increasingly sought-after position of influence in the election: swing voters in swing states. In total, an estimated 17.5 million Latinos are expected to ...