A cattle rancher reflects on her occupation and the growing movement to understand how other animals see the world.

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HOOD LEARNED HOW TO MAKE BOWS in his late teens, teaching at a survival school where a co-worker led bow-making clinics. Hood welcomed the chance to learn a new skill, but the work didn’t satisfy him ...

Everyone’s vision of Kirk — “Charlie,” everyone called him, as if he had been their best friend — seemed to come from their own reflections in a funhouse mirror. “He showed me I needed to be a better ...

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With the federal government in a shutdown, the Forest Service has paused much of the wildfire preparation and prevention work ...

The government might be shut down, but national parks, forests and other public lands generally remain open. And being able ...

Tribal college and university leaders lean on their resiliency and cultural values in the face of federal funding unknowns.

Many parks will stay open, and oil and gas permitting will continue — even as tens of thousands of staff are furloughed at NPS, BLM and USFS.

Laura Da’ is a poet and teacher who studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is the author of Tributaries, Instruments of the True Measure, and Severalty.

Participants found simple, reader-friendly signs to be the most persuasive. Graphics that illustrated good behavior also ...

On the necessity of recharging the spirit in order to keep fighting.