In her new book, Michelle Gurule reveals her experience as a sugar baby and just how little has changed about the industry in the last century.

The Trump administration’s plans would remake the agency and public lands. The deadline to comment is Sept. 30.

Every fall and winter, elk meander their way down from Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Mountains and congregate in the Silver Valley ...

Finalized in November 2024 after years of debate and litigation, the Miles City plan is one of the nation’s largest, ...

In late August, Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove shifted the balance a little more toward conservation: He announced that the state would conserve 77,000 additional acres of its ...

It’s been 20 years since Laura Paskus worked at High Country News, first as an intern and later as a staff writer and editor. “I still find meaning in the work,” said Paskus, who has covered the ...

This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit news organization, and is part of a special project on Food and Power in the West.

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 ...

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

Everyone had a job. The men and boys drove the boats upriver to dip the nets in the river and seine. The women waited. Never wondering. There were always enough. The salmon that filled the boats when ...

A 2001 policy restricts road construction on Forest Service land. What happens to at-risk species if it’s removed? After four years, the long-awaited signal arrived on the computer: Rose Piccinini, a ...

Utah used actors, AI, stagecraft and NDAs as it sought to sway public opinion and take control of 18.5 million acres of federal public land. This story was published in partnership with Public Domain.