The photography series ‘Hidden Once, Hidden Twice’ highlights women who serve as a model for others.
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Wild ice: A training ground for rural skaters
On the Western Slope of Colorado, frozen reservoirs and rivers offer interesting terrain for skating.
An Alaska Native mutual aid network tackles the climate crisis
The Smokehouse Collective invests in “our resilience as Native peoples to persevere in our cultures despite the global impacts we are facing.”
Kasigluk endures the many challenges of thawing permafrost
Residents of the Alaska village maintain community in the face of climate change.
See inside the Grand Canyon region’s new monument
A weeklong journey through the under-documented region, which now has new protections.
A refuge in the North Fork
Harvesting memories on Colorado’s Western Slope.
A weed is swallowing the Sonoran Desert
The invasive Stinknet plant fuels wildfires, irritates lungs and smothers native flora. ‘It’s everywhere’ and removal efforts in Arizona can’t keep up.
Dispatch from the scaffolds: Native fishing culture on the Columbia River
An Indigenous fisherman describes how to hook a salmon, the meaning of life and his faithful dog Sturg.
A thriving community keeps mushing traditions alive in southwest Alaska
Sled-dog race organizations and volunteers support mushers on the Kuskokwim River.
The fight to keep Ohtani basketball alive
Increasing housing costs and the pandemic threaten an important tradition in the Japanese American community.
‘Gold in the hills, but not for us’
Scenes from California’s backyard petroculture.
‘Roadless rule’ protections for the Tongass National Forest are back
The Biden administration has reinstated pre-Trump protections in the Tongass. See what’s at stake.
Can dam removal save the Snake River?
See the river as the climate changes, development continues and consequences grow with inaction.
Photos from the West, vast and varied
Take a look back at some of the images that made up the region in 2022.
An expedition through Kim Stringfellow’s Mojave
The artist’s transmedia project highlights the vitality of the desert’s many histories.
Carving a future for the Tongass National Forest
In Southeast Alaska, youth help manage a forest and protect an ancient art.
‘Let’s make visions of the world that we want to see’
Artist June T Sanders on making images that soften and complicate the concepts of community and identity.
Recollecting life on the edge of the prairie
Portraits of queer life and landscape in rural Washington.
Photos: The pride and pain of the UFW march
California farmworkers and their advocates walked 335 miles to the state’s capitol in support of voting protections.
On the road, a taste of home
The Saini family’s Punjabi dhabas serve ‘good vibes only.’