Last fall, scientists noticed that giant sequoias trees were losing a startling amount of foliage, something they’d never seen before, … More
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Bumblebees being crushed by climate change
A comprehensive look at dozens of species finds that many North American and European bumblebees are failing to “track” warming … More
BASE Jumping in National Parks
The deaths this spring of wingsuit pilots Dean Potter and Graham Hunt in Yosemite National Park renewed calls for national … More
Tree of Life
To save the greatest number of species, conservationists might do best to save the most common ones. A feature on … More
Cumulative impacts of drilling
New research finds that drilling has stripped bare three Yellowstone National Parks worth of land in recent years. A web … More
Wins for Workers
Western cities lead the national movement for a higher minimum wage. New analysis for High Country News. May 2015 Image courtesy Flickr … More
