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That’s especially true in the Mountain West. In most states, if one delivery unit shuts down, the next closest one is more than an hour away.

The faster a fire burns, the more severe its ecological impacts. That's one of the findings of a new paper in the journal Science Advances. Climate change only promises to further accelerate those fires, according to its lead author.

Cataloging information from the Confluence may also be used to potentially deter future commercial development by industries like hydropower — while the Trump administration is eyeing energy projects on tribal lands.

Culinary Union: 'They pay taxes and they are critical to our economy.'

The letter comes after an August roundup in northwest Colorado, where the BLM gathered 894 wild horses. Nine died in the operation.

Could Wyoming join Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah to partially cover the childbirth resource?

Advocate: 'The concern is not just knee-jerk resistance to growth.'

The tribe is asking the Trump administration to dramatically expand the life — and size — of an operational coal mine that could uproot the lives of some Navajo families. And their longtime homes.

An unusual pattern of springtime elk deaths for more than a decade in northern Nevada has scientists searching for answers. What they find could shed light on broader questions about wildlife health across the West.

Mountain West texters are more likely to bring up self-harm in crisis conversations than Americans at large.