Reno’s Gay Rodeo Returns, Marking a Triumph Over Historical Prejudice.
Fifty miles east of Reno, Nevada, on the outskirts of Fallon, a small agricultural and military community, John King stood near a noisy highway, gazing across at the ranch where…
Fifty miles east of Reno, Nevada, on the outskirts of Fallon, a small agricultural and military community, John King stood near a noisy highway, gazing across at the ranch where…
The stark beauty and profound loneliness of the early 20th-century American West, as captured in Denis Johnson’s acclaimed novella Train Dreams, have been translated to the screen in a visually…
The United States federal government permits livestock grazing across an expansive tract of publicly owned land, a territory exceeding twice the size of California, establishing ranching as the single largest…
Filmmaker Beth Harrington’s serendipitous encounter with the works of Edward S. Curtis and his contemporaries at Washington State’s History Museum in 2002 ignited a passion that would span decades. Among…
The origins of this fraught relationship lie squarely in the "prior appropriation doctrine," the foundational principle of Western water law. This doctrine, often summarized as "first in time, first in…
For half a millennium, Indigenous communities worldwide, often led by women, have demonstrated an unparalleled capacity for resilience, meticulously sustaining their languages, cultural practices, and, crucially, keeping ecosystems intact against…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put forth a significant proposal to revise Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, a critical provision that governs water quality standards and delineates…
The nomination of former Republican Congressman Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has ignited a firestorm of controversy, culminating in a contentious Senate Energy and Natural…
America’s vast public lands and waters, encompassing over one-third of the nation’s continental expanse, stand as tangible cornerstones of national identity and collective heritage, far from mere abstractions. These cherished…
The narrative unfolds with the boy walking the fencerow alongside seasoned men, a "blaze-orange vest draped like a gown," a symbolic garment of the hunting world that signifies both belonging…