Cait Quirk writes about socio-environmental restoration and community impacts of climate change. She holds a master’s in environmental humanities and lives between the Oquirrh and Wasatch Mountains.

The longest-running study on breeding ducks has given Montana state biologists the highest-resolution dataset to aid in the bird’s survival.

Marjie Hicks of Roy, Washington, shows off her first mustang’s BLM brand as she stands next to Roulette, one of the two wild mustangs she trained this year through the Mustang Yearlings Washington ...

The veterinarian told them that Jax had likely ingested a toxic, algae-like microorganism called cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, from a benthic bloom, a phenomenon scientists began documenting in ...

The Trump administration’s interpretation of “harm” under the ESA could devastate the recovery of imperiled species, many which have cultural,spiritual and relational meaning and importance for tribal ...

Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.

In Colorado, one of the country’s most hail-prone states, hail — not wildfire — is the main factor driving up insurance premiums. And researchers expect larger, more damaging hailstones to become more ...

Anxieties about the future often become refracted as questions of community identity: Who are we? What do we stand for?

For the next four years, she helped HCN build out our Indigenous affairs team, cover grazing and public-land use, interrogate the idea of wilderness and prioritize investigative work. Do you remember ...

Last month, Montana settled with the ACLU, tribal nations, the Native American Rights Fund, students and parents over a lawsuit alleging that it was responsible for certain schools’ and districts’ ...