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New system makes voting more accessible to tribal communities

In the Mountain West battleground state of Nevada, the first votes of the 2024 general election have already been cast.

Healing the site of the Bear River Massacre

Hundreds of volunteers from Utah and Idaho gathered recently to help the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation heal the site of the Bear River Massacre.

60 years wild: celebrating the Wilderness Act

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, the law that gives congress the authority to establish wilderness areas. Decades later, land managers and advocates say it’s still a valuable tool to protect landscapes, and hope to expand its legacy.

Put a picture of the Grand Canyon next to one of Mars, and it’s easy to see some similarities. Red rock formations dominate both landscapes. But just how closely related are the places carved by the Colorado River and the surface of the red planet?

Onward Christian Soldiers: What Trump's Victory Means For Christian Nationalism

Heath gives a talk on how Christian nationalists see the incoming Trump administration as a great opportunity.

A billboard on the Nez Perce Reservation calling for Idaho to restrict wolf hunting. The Nez Perce Tribe played a critical role in bringing wolves back to Idaho and some tribe members say they worry their work is being undone as Idaho tries to kill 70% of its wolf population.

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In 1995, the federal government reintroduced wolves. For the 30th anniversary, reporters Heath Druzin and Clark Corbin embarked on a thousand-mile journey through wolf country. They talked to the people who brought wolves back, the ranchers who opposed the program and scientists who say wolves might be in trouble again.

Mike Phillips, Jim Evanoff, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Director Mollie Beattie, Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Mike Finley and U.S. Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt carry the first crate with a wolf in it to the Crystal Bench Pen in Yellowstone National Park in January 1995.

1. Kill All The Goddamn Wolves And The People Who Brought Them

Heath and Clark take listeners back 30 years to get the history of wolf reintroduction from the people who put the predators back on the Western landscape. It’s a wild story of gunshots, death threats, frostbite and close encounters with canis lupis.

In 1965, Nez Perce National Historical Park was created by an act of Congress, and what was known as Spalding Park became the headquarters and visitor center for Nez Perce National Historical Park.

2. The Unwritten Law

Heath and Clark travel to the Nez Perce Reservation to tell the little-known story of the tribe’s crucial role in bringing wolves back when the state of Idaho boycotted the program. Under their management, the wolf population exploded, exceeding even the most optimistic predictions.

J Lazy S Angus Ranch: Ranchers Jay and Chyenne Smith raise Black Angus cattle near the tiny town of Carmen, Idaho. The ranch is located just over the ridge from one of the original sites of wolf reintroduction, and the Smiths say wolves have killed more than 200 of their cattle in the past 20 years.

4. Cattle Battle

Heath and Clark take listeners to rural Idaho to hear from ranchers and farmers who say wolves are literally taking a bite out of their bottom lines. And they talk to a woman who trying to save livestock without killing wolves.

A member of Wapiti Lake Pack is photographed near the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park in July 2020. The Wapiti Lake Pack is one of nine wolf packs that was living in Yellowstone as of December 2024.

5. Ghost Wolves

Wolves represent perhaps nature’s greatest comeback. Exterminated from the West before the middle of the 20th century, they now roam nine Western states. But some scientists say wolves might be in trouble again and that key states may be inflating the number of wolves through faulty science.

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