The department of the Interior rescinds grazing rights in Oregon; marine shippers are turning down American agricultural exports; a clam crisis in California; and other environmental reads from across the American West.
The off-again, on-again effort to approve Alaska’s Pebble Mine is off again; the damage car tires do to urban waterways; the lure of lithium under the Salton Sea; a multi-pronged Native plan to fight climate change; and other recent environmental news from the West.
Klamath dam demolition moves forward; federal subsidies help deplete Ogallala Aquifer; researchers record mass bird die-offs; computer modeling demonstrates wildfire risk and pinpoints riskiest areas, and other recent environmental news from around the West.
Gray wolves to be removed from endangered species list; U.S. and Mexico sign water agreement; Nevada votes for renewable energy; courts skeptical of Dakota Access Pipeline; Department of Homeland Security spends millions on Arizona border wall, and other environmental reads from around the West.
