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A Battle Over Rock Climbing Exposes a Bigger Crisis in America’s Wilderness

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A decades-long debate over...

02.08.2026 10

Mother Jones

Christine Peterson

Trump’s Forest Service Upheaval Sows Confusion and Concern

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On March 31, the US Forest...

02.04.2026 10

Mother Jones

Christine Peterson

Congressional Compromise Bill Rejects Trump’s Worst Environmental Cuts

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Senate passed a...

20.01.2026 20

Mother Jones

Christine Peterson

It May Be Hard to Stop Trump From Privatizing Our Public Lands

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In June, a long-standing...

03.10.2025 10

Mother Jones

Christine Peterson

Inside the audacious mission to bring a rare toad back from the brink

Love — or at least sex — was in the air of the small, windowless, biosecure room at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas. Sixteen rectangular, clear...

03.10.2025 10

Vox

Christine Peterson

Federal Budget Cuts Are Forcing Volunteers to Clean National Forest Toilets

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a private ranch in...

18.08.2025 10

Mother Jones

Christine Peterson

Your favorite national park is struggling to survive

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk Collaboration. Stories of struggle flow...

22.07.2025 10

Vox

Christine Peterson

Cancel the grizzly bear

In the early 1900s, long before smartphones and selfie sticks, tourists flocked to Yellowstone National Park — not for the geysers or scenery, but...

27.06.2025 20

Vox

Christine Peterson