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The tamarisk is a gritty survivor, a tenacious shrub that evolved in the steppes of central Asia in dry conditions much like those of the American West. Introduced to the

The American West is changing fast, and one of the biggest forces shaping that change is development. Sprawl - those 35-acre subdivisions and ranchettes you see spreading across the landscape

It's a hot day in mid-August in Northern California, not too far from the Oregon border. Smoke rises gently from the fire pit, curling into the late-summer sky as children

Facing Drought Together Key Takeaways Cutoff Dates MatterWSR found that stopping irrigation around July 1 provided a good balance between conserving water and maintaining forage yield. Experimentation Pays OffTrials with deficit irrigation, split-season

Amid wildfire smoke and rising tensions, a lone, uncollared wolf in northwest Colorado tested every mitigation tool—and my resolve—until CPW confirmed chronic depredation and lethal control was clearly the most

The recent Vox piece “The brutal trade-off that will decide the future of food” highlights alarming trade-offs in global food systems—between protecting ecosystems like the Amazon, and tolerating the moral