DOÑA ANA COUNTY, N.M. – Members of the New Mexico Hispanic community are expressing their appreciation for the national monuments honoring César Chávez and protecting Rio Grande del Norte, and they'd like the same status awarded to the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks region. Once ...Read More

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. - An artist known for large-scale performance installations around the world that focus on what she sees as injustices is in Montana today to draw attention to the plight of Yellowstone National Park bison. Lila Roo will be inside an abstract buffalo, trailed by red art that ...Read More

POLSON, Mont. – High gold, silver and copper prices have led to renewed interest in hard rock mining, and a new report takes a look at what that would mean for tribal lands. The study by the National Wildlife Federation examines two regulations in the Clean Water Act that exempt the industry ...Read More

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan's Upper Peninsula has a storied history of mining. From iron ore to gold, the mining legacy has left both positive and negative impacts on the region. But a new report says pollution caused by hard rock mining has disproportionately harmed Native American tribes. ...Read More

SEATTLE - Tens of millions of barrels a year: that's how much crude oil is projected to be rolling by rail to Washington state under a proposal that's being challenged by local tribes and community groups. According to Tyson Johnston, First Councilman with the Quinault Indian Nation, his tribe wan ...Read More

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – This year's Earth Day Walk will focus on transition, and the move that is under way from older fossil fuel-based energy to newer clean energy. Vickie Simmons is an air quality technician with the Moapa Band of Paiutes. She says coal-fired power plants, like the nearby Reid ...Read More

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Two Oregon conservation groups say they intend to sue the U.S. Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation for mismanaging water in the Klamath Basin. Oregon Wild and WaterWatch of Oregon are charging that the federal agency has moved ahead with a new water management p ...Read More

BEND, Ore. – This weekend marks the fourth anniversary of the creation of Oregon's newest wilderness areas. They include the Badlands near Bend, and Spring Basin near the John Day River in north central Oregon. The Badlands encompass 29,000 acres and are popular with hikers and horseback rid ...Read More