Mountain West News @MtnWestNews
A curated newsletter of the big stories up and down the Rocky Mountains, from the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West @umontana mountainwestnews.org/subscribe Missoula, MT Joined October 2015-
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Why the new monument is sacred, what it’s like for an Indigenous journalist to report on repatriation, a Colorado county leases federal land for housing, wandering wolverines, water hazards + more mountainwestnews.org/p/ancestral-fo… h/t @Debkrol @marymhudetz @ColoradoSun @EENewsUpdates
Oregon’s Greater Idaho movement echoes a long history of racism in the region, 'The Age of Insurrection,' how the loss of local newspapers is fueling political divisions, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/the-fever-of… h/t @Leah_Sottile @DavidNeiwert @NewsHour
Inside the West's wild rumpus, finding solutions for human waste in the backcountry, the Uinta Basin as "Mordor," what happened when a Tesla came to Ekalaka, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/political-be… @ColoradoSun @mtfreepress @smencimer @Kristen_E_Pope @EliseSchmelzer
A battery of big energy and climate stories, the bear in your backyard, on the frontlines of B.C.’s wildfire fight, repatriation undermined, touring the West's myth museum + more mountainwestnews.org/p/charged-atmo… h/t @mboothdenver @GloriaDickie @marymhudetz @betsygquammen @EENewsUpdates
How Utah’s education system is failing Ute kids, climate pressure on Montana waterways, the cougar whisperer, Greater Idaho's high cost, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/books-pencil… h/t @CourtneyLTanner @SheilaRMcCann @blairmiller @ezebarker
The forgotten sovereigns of the Colorado River, griz on the move, mining climate anxiety for profit, how Utah’s education system is failing Ute children + more mountainwestnews.org/p/forgotten-so… h/t @rowanmg @lesommer @annavtoriasmith @GloriaDickie @npbowlin @CourtneyLTanner @propublica
Tracing the route—and risks—of the Uinta Basin Railway, mining boom dispatches, bison homecomings, reeling trout, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/uinta-basin-… h/t @dcwoodruff @KirkSiegler @reporterdeepa @alemolina @tristanscott @WyoFile @insideclimate
A sage grouse flap in Wyoming, Blackfeet release wild bison, Gorsuch's lead, tracing the route of the Uinta Basin Railway, sparing over solar, hope for rural homeless, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/fragile-mena… h/t @The_News_Record @NoraMabie @tnyCloseRead @dcwoodruff @RANGEMedia4all
Mining nuggets, air grievances, Navajo status quo, the ICWA struggle, isolated griz, 'playing god' in Glacier + more mountainwestnews.org/p/finding-payd… h/t @EENewsUpdates @ianmaxstevenson @Kujjua @LeiaLarsen @sftrent @m0nica10 @LukeRunyon @Lussenpop @aislintweedy @tristanscott @Koshywrites
How 2022's epic flood changed Yellowstone, unpacking the ICWA ruling, Montana officials downplay climate trial, surfing in Utah, 'green colonialism,' wolf shopping + more mountainwestnews.org/p/reshaping-ye… h/t @bozchron @WyoFile @EENewsUpdates @highcountrynews @sltrib @APNews @ColoradoSun
How Arizona stands between tribes & their water, Glacier Park's 'inspirational’ landscape emerges as thread in climate trial, the intertwined legacies of James Watt & Ted Kaczynski, & much more mountainwestnews.org/p/between-trib… h/t @annavtoriasmith @propublica @micahddrew @Leah_Sottile
Montana youth climate trial nears as state doubles down on fossil fuels, a cathedral to time is losing its river, Indian Country matters, resilient grizzlies + much more mountainwestnews.org/p/a-climate-tr… h/t @micahddrew @FlatheadBeacon @amandaleggert @mtfreepress @zhonggg @highcountrynews
BLM's big idea raises hopes and hackles, the tipping point of national parks, when fire goes feral, slaughters and revivals, the case for a national petroglyph, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/a-new-lease-… h/t @hhansman @JohnVaillant @mtfreepress @WyoFile @sltrib @ColoradoSun
Breakthrough buys time, mining boom dispatches, fracking with PFAS, river recreationists lose at Utah Supreme Court, resort towns being ‘loved to death,' + much more mountainwestnews.org/p/colorado-riv… ht @ByIanJames @sltrib @ColoradoSun @EENewsUpdates @WyoFile @mtfreepress @highcountrynews
Living with wolves and other political beasts, inside the lithium rush, battle over the BLM, Colorado River plan coalescing, Alberta wildfires put climate scientists on alert, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/questions-of… h/t @thatsMohrlikeit @WarrenCornwall @alexlubben @EENewsUpdates
The barriers to controlled burns, political animals, how firing ranges’ hidden costs hit taxpayers, water pressures mount, extreme heat in tribal jails, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/trials-by-fi… h/t @jennoldham @HelenaDore3 @brianmaffly @_msakas @savannah_maher @grist @EENewsUpdates
Podcast ‘Stolen’ earns a Pulitzer, Alberta ablaze, Montana Legislature hits the gas, bison politics, plan to pay farmers to use less water comes up dry, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/indigenous-s… h/t @connie_walker @Gimletmedia @MonicaZurowski @TomLutey @isabelrhicks @Conrad_Swanson
Blowup over Lava Ridge, Utah's suicide pact with the fossil fuel industry, uranium speculation at Bears Ears’ doorstep, antler rush, water brokers, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/wind-resista… h/t @dino_grandoni @maldonado_mia_ @smencimer @brianmaffly @jake_bittle @WyoFile @ColoradoSun
Mountain West rewriting its zoning regs, retelling U.S. history with Native Americans at the center, BLM eyes conservation leasing, climate change refugia, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/the-buildup h/t @kristoncapps @JerusalemDemsas @c_m_dangelo @CPRNews @mtfreepress @highcountrynews
Colorado River news flood, Boulder v. Big Oil, Utah's monument challenge, inside the battle for Oak Flat, Biden’s push for power lines, respecting grizzlies, and much more mountainwestnews.org/p/flow-states h/t @voxdotcom @samuelbrasch @JenniferYachnin @kateschimel @Debkrol @Land_Desk @
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Catch my story on housing prices in the Mountain West atop today's @MtnWestNews round-up ⛰️👇🏜️ bit.ly/2OLD8aV
Rocky Mountain real estate is through the roof, a bigger Bears Ears?, Montana legalizes neck snares to trap wolves, coal's closing costs, and much more getrevue.co/profile/Rockie… @judyfutah @sltrib @bberwyn @TomLutey @DavidTreuer @ColoradoSun
Lots of eye-opening stories here. Thanks for wrangling, @MtnWestNews
Senators quiz Haaland, easing Montana's bison bottleneck, film tracks efforts to save whitebark pine, uranium lobby sees return on investment, and much more getrevue.co/profile/Rockie… h/t @brianmaffly @judyfutah @amandaleggert @BreannaMTPBS @zak_podmore @kemc
Thank you for sharing my film with your readers, @MtnWestNews!
Senators quiz Haaland, easing Montana's bison bottleneck, film tracks efforts to save whitebark pine, uranium lobby sees return on investment, and much more getrevue.co/profile/Rockie… h/t @brianmaffly @judyfutah @amandaleggert @BreannaMTPBS @zak_podmore @kemc
Rural America and COVID-19? With a new RAPID @NSF grant our lab is fielding a representative survey across 11 western states. Will measure material needs, pol. attitudes, etc. Data will be made immediately available for researchers, journalists, and policymakers. DM for more.
@MtnWestNews @Interior @PRI Thanks for sharing in your news roundup!
@lightningboltz @MtnWestNews for those living in the south, here's a good one, @southerlymag!: x.com/southerlymag. #localnews is underrated.
if you live in the mountain west and care about the environment, @MtnWestNews is the best daily newsletter you can imagine. mountainwestnews.org
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From @themotleyfool: Forget the Permian Basin: Wyoming's Powder River Basin Is Where the Growth Is Right Now bit.ly/2MVhWwe (tnx @MtWestNews)
In @nytimes: The $3 Billion Plan to Turn Hoover Dam Into a Giant Battery nyti.ms/2JU4JhA (via @MtWestNews) cc: @matt_weiser @jfleck @usbr
In @MtWestNews: Colorado drillers push for LNG exports bit.ly/2xP6a0b
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@MtWestNews .@TheEconomist story on #sagegrouse perfectly sums up what's stake and what's being upended by @Interior's overhaul of the plans, including the "collaborative, locally grounded approach to land management" the plans represent. #savegrouse
Good work! Great story on #wildsheep @WildSheepFNDN too! x.com/mtwestnews/sta…
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#RockiesToday: Diminished #snow cover puts species in peril, the #West's orphaned #oilandgas wells on the rise, demand for #Montana #coal plummeting, the #oilsands' 340 billion gallons of waste, @NatGeoMag photog documents glacial retreat with fire, & more mountainwestnews.org/less-snow-cove…
@MtWestNews @NatGeoMag Love that you guys continue to aggregate this kind of content. Thank you @MtWestNews
@MtWestNews @FieldandStream So much western news happening now. Grizzly bear hunting ban in BC up next? Thanks for the great content.
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