Thanks to a creative partnership this summer, the trail got a big facelift because the previous web of informal, hiker-made paths wasn’t built to withstand the hordes of people descending on it.

Experts predict steady increase in West Nile virus as heat lingers

There were early signs that this fire season could be a big one, especially the record-low snowpack last winter. In Teton County — near the Grand Targhee Resort — that spurred interest in a novel effort: raising money to help hire a local wildfire mitigation coordinator.

In some parts of the West - like the grass and shrublands of the Idaho-Oregon-Nevada tristate area - closer to two-thirds of burned area is associated with heatwaves.

The Trump administration is revising the Travel Management Rule, a U.S. Forest Service policy that dictates when motorized use is allowed.

Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming are not subject to mandatory reductions; instead, those states are setting up programs to voluntarily conserve water.

Jimmy Romo, an Indigenous Affairs reporter for KNPR, has been covering what's at stake for tribes along the Colorado River. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to him about his reporting.

This comes after the U.S. Department of the Interior reportedly restricted staff from telling the public about deaths or injuries in national parks.

Along the 25–hundred miles of the “Mother Road” from Chicago to Los Angeles, communities are celebrating her centennial with food, music… and vintage cars.

The three countries have a years-long practice of sharing wildfire resources during each other's often intense seasons, which mostly don't overlap.

As the climate warms, some mountain trees are moving higher up, while others are spreading downhill. Scientists say something inside the trees may explain why. And that split could reshape watersheds and wildfire risk.

On Colorado's Upper Arkansas River, a deal is boosting water for fish and rafting