Next to the Canadian Museum For Human Rights is a small encampment with a handful of tents and a camp kitchen. Signs are posted all around – some read “we are not garbage” and “search the landfills.”

Last week, a federal judge in Utah handed the Biden administration a legal win when it dismissed a suit from the state of Utah claiming that the president had overstepped his legal authority when he restored two national monuments.

For three years, a number of groups in Idaho have worked together to raise funds and distribute water and other supplies to farmworkers. Organizations in the region have been responding to the toll of extreme heat on those who toil outside.

The physical demands on wildland firefighters is comparable to what riders in the Tour de France endure. That’s according to recent articles summarizing years of field research with Hotshots and other fire crews.

Advocates are hopeful that a legislative fix will come in time to avoid those cuts, but for now thousands of federal firefighters are out on the line with the Sept. 30 deadline fast approaching.

As Idahoans adjust to the reality of abortion bans, local and national organizations are offering resources to navigate the state’s new confusing legal landscape. What are the legal ramifications of a patient receiving pills from out-of-state and taking them in the privacy of their own home?

A bill that would permanently raise federal wildland firefighter pay has been introduced in the U.S. House, with bipartisan backing. While not the comprehensive reform many wanted, advocates are hopeful that the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act can be passed in time to avoid substantial pay cuts.

When did horses become a part of Western Indigenous communities? That’s the focus of a recent study that challenges long-held ideas. But it also highlights the importance of decolonizing science.

A new study finds significant gaps between pay for federal wildland firefighters and their state counterparts. The research was done by recent graduates of the University of Washington’s MPA program, and in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station.

The federal commission compiling a report about missing and murdered Indigenous peoples’ is traveling to Indigenous communities to hear their stories. The next stops are Albuquerque and Billings.