In Alaska and British Columbia, climate change may open new rivers to fish – and to gold mines.

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Wildlife cameras may be key to understanding the threatened species’ response to climate change.

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That could doom the state’s plan to fight climate change with the help of nature.

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In western Arizona, the push for EVs threatens the Hualapai Tribe’s religious practices.

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The first step? Don’t panic.

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The hastily approved project went forward without comment from the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Tribe.

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Oak Flat has been an important location to Indigenous peoples for millennia.

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In a mountain range too steep to cross, DHS is spending millions of dollars on five miles of border wall.

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Amid a raging fire season and pandemic, the Western U.S. seeks experienced fire crews to battle its conflagrations.

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The Yaqui catfish was going extinct. Then came the border wall.

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