Horses are still intertwined in the tapestry of the West

We look back at 2025, a milestone, 20th anniversary year for the Bill Lane Center.

The financial breaks going to rich ranchers whose cattle graze on public lands; Washington power plants must scramble to replace the coal they can no longer use; tourism drying up on the Navajo reservation; how to use fungi to remediate polluted soil, and more environmental news from the American West.

In its early 20th century heyday, Allensworth, California was celebrated as a model of Black self-sufficiency; then came loss and a long decline. A new generation is bringing new ideas, new money, and ambitions for a model economic and environmental rural community.