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Across the West, climate change is putting snow sports like skiing at risk. For Indigenous skiers, that adds to a long history of exclusion from the sport. Let My People Go Skiing is a new film highlighting those challenges and some of the possible solutions. The film follows Ellen Bradley, the film's director and a Ling铆t skier, to her homelands in Southeast Alaska, where she works with Alaska Native Youth.
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Confusing messaging over immigration efforts
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President Trump has signed an executive order on wildfire policy, which seeks to speed responses to wildfires and address what the EO calls 鈥渞eckless mismanagement.鈥
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Proponents say the land would be used for much-needed housing, but environmental groups say eligible areas could include those treasured by communities in the Mountain West.
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Inspectors at Lake Tahoe recently discovered a new aquatic invasive species on a boat before it launched, sparking regional concerns. Officials say the incident serves as a reminder that people across the Mountain West should be on alert.
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The village of Questa, 25 miles north of Taos, lost an important income source and jobs for locals when the 100-year-old mine closed three years ago. Then, drought, catastrophic wildfires, and winds causing power outages began to impact several communities in Northern New Mexico.
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The new opinion states that presidents may remove or reduce protections for monuments that 鈥渘ever were or no longer are deserving鈥 of such status.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking feedback about permits when protected species and their habitats are involved.
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Text messages that appear to be official messages are actually a scam, say officials
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A new analysis shows that climate change is causing the number of extremely hot summer days to rise in most major U.S. cities. Some of the biggest increases are in the Mountain West.