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The Diné pro athlete from the Glendale-based Arizona Ridge Riders ascended to the top ranks of competitive bull riding while claiming one of the sport's most prestigious titles in the process.

In recent years, concerns among the workforce about health risks of all kinds have been getting louder. And mental health is no exception.

For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds.

New funding is aimed at helping fossil fuel-dependent communities in the Mountain West navigate a changing energy economy, with one project focused on the Four Corners region.

The move is part of a “sweeping restructuring," which the agency said is intended to move leaders closer to the land they oversee. The plan has been met with concern.

The new ruling could be a setback for the Trump administration, which is trying to loosen habitat protections.

The Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen reported from an event where Denver donated bison to several tribes and nonprofits. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding talked to Cohen about the experience.

Proposed legislation would protect nearly 450 miles of waterways from dams and mining amid the Trump administration’s push for more development.

In the arid Mountain West, rivers are under growing pressure — from climate change, drought and rising demand for water. But new research from New Mexico suggests some river ecosystems may be more resilient than they appear.

Interest in environmentally friendly Green Burials rising particularly among Millennials and Gen Z