The Colorado River is young by geologic standards — only five or six million years. But the channel it cuts through the Colorado Plateau exposes rocks that are much older. At the bottom of the Grand... Read Original Story
A few times a year, fed by snowmelt and monsoon storms, the normally dry Grand Falls swells into a raging wall of muddy water. The 180-foot seasonal waterfall has become something of a destination... Read Original Story
Crowds have been streaming into Zion National Park again this summer, and officials are expecting this Labor Day weekend to provide perhaps the biggest test yet of just how many people the park can... Read Original Story
For many, the Grand Canyon is the cultural and environmental epicenter of the West. It attracts millions of people each year to take in its mercurial beauty and epic scale. But concealed in the... Read Original Story
Reflection Canyon • A yellow tape measure ran down a sandy, sagebrush-dotted bench, crossed a shallow stream where toads hopped through the shadows, and disappeared into a dense stand of willow.... Read Original Story
Lake Powell • At the end of a scorching afternoon in early June, just as the sun dipped below the rolling Navajo sandstone cliffs that surround Lake Powell, photographer Dawn Kish set up a tripod.... Read Original Story
Sleek redwood dugout canoes have transported the Yurok people along California’s Klamath River for thousands of years. Called oohl’-we’-yoch, they are prized creations, considered living spirits by... Read Original Story
During the Cold War, about 30 million tons of uranium were extracted from the Navajo Nation, and by the time it ended, hundreds of mine sites had been abandoned.
Navajo President Jonathan Nez and... Read Original Story
