In the Pacific Northwest, Native Fishing Rights Take on a Role as Environmental Protector

What If California Had Won the 1963 Case Over the Division of the Colorado River?

This is the first of a series of occasional posts looking at at how the West would have changed if a major historical…

To Manage Groundwater, California Must First Get Basin Boundaries Right

For decades, landowners were free to pump water from under their land at will. Now a landmark 2014 law sets up new bosses who will…

Weighing the Future of Bears Ears Butte

A major land-use decision still sits on the desk of President Barack Obama.