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Tiffany Pereira/DRIAs large solar projects become more common across the Mountain West, questions remain about their environmental footprint, especially in fragile desert ecosystems. New research from Nevada suggests that with careful planning, renewable energy development and rare native plants may be able to coexist. -
Xavier Mascareñas/California Department of Water ResourcesCold temperatures have settled over much of the Mountain West this winter, but precipitation has been harder to come by, leaving large parts of the region unusually dry for late January.
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Electric vehicles are becoming more common across the country. But in the Mountain West, long distances, rural roads and wide-open spaces can make switching to electric more challenging. -
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe filed a legal motion Tuesday to help protect the endangered Dixie Valley toad from a proposed Nevada power plant. -
Federal land managers are reopening their environmental review of a massive transmission line proposed across Nevada, a move conservation groups say could reshape how energy infrastructure is approved on public lands across the West. -
Across the Mountain West, where drought and shrinking reservoirs are putting pressure on already limited water supplies, decisions about who uses how much water often hinge on imperfect data. A nonprofit collaboration called OpenET hopes to change that. -
Large farms in parts of the Colorado River Basin are paying little — and in some cases nothing — for federally supplied water, even as cities and residents are being asked to conserve, according to a new report. -
Spending time in nature can help military veterans cope with stress, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. But a new report finds many veterans across the U.S. don’t live close enough to parks or green spaces to easily benefit from that connection. -
Nevada wildlife officials have confirmed the presence of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats, marking the first detection in the state — and making Nevada the final western state where the pathogen has now been found. -
National monuments across the West do more than preserve iconic landscapes — they also help protect the rivers millions of people rely on for drinking water. But a new analysis warns those protections could weaken under the Trump administration’s push to redraw the boundaries of several monuments. -
New research shows that mountain regions around the world are warming faster than the lowlands below them. Scientists say that could have big consequences for the Mountain West, where communities rely on snow and ice for their water supply. -
New research shows that many rural roads in the Mountain West may be more vulnerable to flooding than people realize. That’s because the culverts and stream crossings underneath them aren’t built to handle today’s storms.
