Category: Community

51 years, 7 months; Oct 1, 1973 to May 1, 2025; 18,840 days, 2,691 weeks. Unnoticed. Time flies, Steven Fuller says. Here he reflects on a time when winters were long and summer tourist seasons short
Teton County, Wyoming is the richest per capita county in the US, set within Jackson Hole's natural priceless landscape. As wealth drives wedges deeper, Luther Propst wonders what, if anything, can be done?
Wallace Stegner Center Symposium, scheduled for March 19-20, arrives at crucial moment when so much is up for grabs. If you care about the West, we suggest you make the time to attend live or tune in via live-stream
The Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota is a beloved American crown jewel—as treasured as Yellowstone, Glacier and the Grand Canyon. So why, millions wonder, is it being put at risk?
In his latest column, Brad Orsted reflects on how the fur is flying in the wolf watching community of America's oldest national park. What's behind it?
Science under siege: If Steve Daines, Tim Sheehy and others prevail in the quest to de-regulate industry on public lands, what will the West look like in another 20 years, on top of the looming impacts of climate and AI? They're afraid to discuss it
Annual event celebrating Yellowstone region features inspirational line up of storytellers and allows viewers to hear them from anywhere in world. From natural wonders to art, activism and finding meaning, Summit, running Feb. 19-22, has it all
Grand Staircase-Escalante, a beacon of Utah's Canyon Country, could have its protected status weakened, thanks to a Congresswoman employing a tactical maneuver to subvert its management plan. Stephen Trimble explains how in this essay penned for Writers on the Range
As the Great Salt Lake continues to die and rivers in many states are coming under unprecedented pressure, photographer David Showalter celebrates the West's glittering gem, the Colorado, in a new book. Is hope enough to save it?
American Prairie has seven leases yanked where it was allowed to graze bison on public land. A free-market economist, who sides with prairie restoration, says BLM made a bad move. Read our interview with Holly Fretwell