An examination of the ongoing Black Hills land claim dispute between the United States and the Sioux Nation.

New Mexican farmer and writer, Stanley Crawford, walks through a collaborative water rights system that shapes the landscape and his community within it.

Why do some communities embrace innovation while others cling to the past?

Science and passion are equally important ingredients to becoming a successful activist.

A story of perseverance, told from the mud flats of the Colorado River Delta.

Stories can help us care about complex issues, but can also lead us astray. 

As environmental pressures increase, ranchers and conservationists consider the struggles surrounding public lands grazing. Generations after its inception, does ranching still belong on public lands?

Sometimes to save a species, we must take an individual.

Navajo activists in Arizona fight to preserve sacred space from the specter of development: a proposed tramway into the Grand Canyon.

What does it mean to lose the places we hold dear? Land in the American West faces a barrage of political, climatic, and economic pressures.  Hear the stories of grief and hope from those who call this region home.