Ansel Adams took one of his most famous nature photos while documenting the American citizens of Japanese ancestry who were imprisoned at Manzanar during World War II. Our country is both the darkness ...

Like nonprofits and news organizations across the country, however, HCN is not immune to the forces at work in the world today. Rising staff costs and a challenging economic climate forced us to say ...

When Oregon’s short legislative session convenes in early February, conservation advocates will once again try to convince lawmakers to pass a major funding bill that could provide nearly $30 million ...

As good as all the issues are, January 2026 was one of the best. In a time of impermanence in our national values and principles, it’s refreshing to read such good articles about things — rocks, in ...

This illustrated geologic timescale of Earth focuses on the landscapes, flora and fauna of the West, drilling into the region’s deep history.

The agency’s plan would narrow water quality reviews and eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can their enforce treaty rights.

House Democrats are demanding an ethics probe into the high-ranking Interior appointee over her financial ties to the massive ...

Government-issued maps offer a promise for safely exploring our public lands, but they no longer reflect the reality of what’s actually on the ground.

Our February issue swings from the rich musical and social history of Black people in Portland, Oregon, to the ongoing conflict between imperiled sage grouse and cattle grazing on the sagebrush steppe ...

As the data center buildup outpaces the energy transition, modern technology is ever more dependent on oil, gas and coal deposits that took millions of years to form.

The film adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella, Train Dreams, reflects the beauty, and heartache, of working in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.

Mysterious driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves hints at the legacy of Arizona’s huge impact crater.