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While some horse advocates believe BLM roundups are inhumane, they are currently the principal way of keeping wild-horse numbers in check.
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What's to Be Done About the Wild Horse Herds of the American West?

They're tearing up rangeland and riparian areas—and also our ideas about wildness

By Heather Hansman

June 12, 2023

Navajo Nation hydrologist Crystal Tulley-Cordova
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Drops of Hope Along the Colorado River

After 174 years, the Navajo Nation is still trying to regain access

By Morgan Sjogren

May 30, 2023

Industrial scene with the tops of smokestacks at dusk; right: A shorebird wades in a wetland area. _______________
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In Corpus Christi, Texas, Environmentalists Are Fighting a Slate of Proposed Desalination Plants

The city says it needs extra water. But it's for fossil fuel and plastic corporations—not people

By Jeremy Miller

June 13, 2023

Close-up of a hand holding a black plastic tube with a piñon seedling inside.
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Future Forests of America

Across the American West, forests are failing to regenerate after high-intensity wildfires, but that doesn't have to mean they're gone for good

By Krista Langlois

June 14, 2023

Illustration shows the side of a train and a woman hanging out a window, with birds in a v formation and plants in the foreground.
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The Carbon Footprint of Air Travel and How to Live a More Grounded Life

Is a future without air travel possible?

By Dayton Martindale

June 15, 2023