"Mr. Mikkelson sent text messages and photographs of the bear and of himself posing with the bear to acquaintances," a court ...

With only weeks until a disputed land swap opens the door to a huge copper mine at Oak Flat, opponents seek a late reprieve.

A federal judge will hear arguments in a case over a disputed land exchange that would allow construction of a huge copper ...

In late spring, the San Juan charged like a desert bighorn ram in the rut. It was strewn with cottonwood seeds: The puffy globs drifted on the khaki surface like a monsoon over a desert escarpment.

After a decade of work in ecological consulting, applied research and stakeholder engagement, University of Nevada, Reno alum ...

After a decade of work in ecological consulting, applied research and stakeholder engagement, University of Nevada, Reno alum Lucas Phipps is trading his field hat for a faculty one. He joins the ...

The Montana Land Board on Monday voted 4-1 to authorize Montana’s water right regulator to file protests on 18 privately held water rights that are used to irrigate State Trust Land.

The State Water Resources Control Board advance a controversial, Newsom-backed agreement in a new proposal, which qualifies as a major development in the long-running debate about delta water use.

Key player in California’s water wars embraces controversial pact The State Water Resources Control Board advance a controversial, Newsom-backed agreement in a new proposal, which qualifies as a ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. After decades of deterioration and ecological collapse in the heart of California’s water system, state ...