Karin Brulliard
Washington Post
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Colorado is bringing back wolves. On this ranch, they’re already here.
Colorado is finalizing a 300-page plan to reintroduce wolves to the state, from which they were eradicated by the 1940s. The reintroduction effort is being closely watched nationwide. → Read More
A little-watched Montana race has become a contentious abortion fight
A fight for a Montana supreme court seat has become a proxy for a larger battle over the state’s independent judiciary and constitution by hard-line Republicans. → Read More
Searchers hunt for victims of Hurricane Ian amid a swath of destruction
The hurricane ravaged Florida from west to east, then gained strength over the Atlantic as it prepared to hit South Carolina on Friday. → Read More
As wildfire risk grows, campfires fade across an arid West
Amid record-breaking heatwaves, larger and longer wildfires and megadrought, many fire officials are limiting or prohibiting campfires. → Read More
In America’s fastest-growing metro, a rising fear water will run out
St. George, Utah, is scrambling for new water sources to support its boom, fueling protests from neighbors who fear breakneck growth will imperil water access. → Read More
The Rainbow Family comes to Colorado, bringing peace, love and anxiety
The 50th anniversary of the gathering has drawn thousands but set off conflicts with environmental groups worried that the influx will harm vulnerable species in the Colorado national forest. → Read More
The Supreme Court prompts the question: Who gets rights in America?
For many Americans, the court's action took the country back to a time when White men held all of the power and most of the rights. → Read More
As Montana reels from floods, no one is sure where Gov. Gianforte is
Gianforte’s office has said he left for a personal trip outside of the country with his wife before heavy rains deluged southwest Montana. → Read More
After the shooting, Uvalde becomes a new stop on a grim American circuit
As this small town grieves for 19 children and two teachers slain at school by a gunman, it has also swelled, becoming a pilgrimage site for therapists, proselytizers and voyeurs. → Read More
One month in, New Mexico’s largest-ever fire fuels anger and despair
The blaze, part of which began as a prescribed burn, has displaced thousands and destroyed hundreds of structures. → Read More
A rural prosecutor pledged reform. Critics say he delivered disaster.
Alonzo Payne’s s radical approach – coupled with limited resources and, critics say, severe incompetence – has led a serious backlash in this rural southern Colorado. → Read More
The pandemic took their coaches, but not their dream
A covid-19 tsunami kept this New Mexico high school basketball team in online school, canceled recent games and, most most devastating of all, had taken the lives of their beloved coaches just two months before. → Read More
It began as a tool to save wild elk. A century later, feeding threatens iconic herds.
The fight over whether to feed the elk raises questions about what humans owe wild animals on a landscape we’ve inexorably altered, and it underscores the degree to which wildlife management is often more about politics than it is about animals. → Read More
The Marshall Fire leveled an entire Colorado neighborhood. Residents wonder whether to rebuild.
The Marshall fire destroyed the Colorado subdivision of Sagamore. Homeowners are weighing whether to build back — if they can even afford it. → Read More
Offensive place names dot the American landscape. Efforts to change them are about to get a lot faster.
Momentum in several states to rename mountains and streams that include derogatory terms such as “squaw” and “Negro” have been boosted by new orders from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. → Read More
He spent almost 50 years alone at 10,000 feet. His hobby helped shape climate research in the Rockies.
Billy Barr began logging snowfall to keep busy. Along the way, he became an unwitting chronicler of climate change. → Read More
Face-to-face with death at Astroworld
Days later, the petite college student would call this the “sinkhole” — the spot in the mosh pit where she was pulled down as she clawed through a mass of humans who seemed knit together and away from the catwalk where Travis Scott performed. Seconds before, she had heard the rapper, one of her favorite artists, instruct the crowd to move side-to-side, and she instantly knew what was coming: a… → Read More
One state has never taken in refugees. Will it welcome Afghans?
Wyoming has no refugee resettlement program. But some hope to host Afghan evacuees anyway. → Read More
A vaccine mandate fractures a state fair, leaving children as ‘pawns’
The battle over vaccine mandates can be especially fraught at public places and large events. In New Mexico, 4-H and similar organizations boycotted the state fair over a vaccine requirement and held their own livestock expo. → Read More
To mask or not to mask? With vaccines and new guidelines, the mask-faithful navigate a ‘weird gray area.’
People who embraced masks are now recalibrating their relationship with an accessory that has served as a shield against a deadly pathogen, a security blanket during a crisis, and a symbol – of regard for the common good, liberal politics or belief in science. → Read More