A River Runs through It

Out west, the American wilderness has been generous with its riches. But will conservation and justice finally have their moment?

Twilight on the Gila

by JENNA KURTZWEIL
A trip by two U of I students to the U.S. Southwest finds a war for resources along the Gila River — and a divided community united by the desire to never give up.

The Long Reach

by APRIL WENDLING
Decades have passed since the Manhattan Project went west, but the cleanup has only just begun on the land and water along the Columbia River in Washington state.

Environmental Justice

No Vacancy

by CARLY HOPKINS
The new Large Lots Program in Chicago allows residents to beautify their blocks and make them safer. It’s truly a case of transforming urban blight into neighborhood might.

The Living World

Energy Futures

Birds Count

The vibrant Bell’s vireo and other native birds have lost most of their Illinois habitat to Big Agriculture. But Vivienne Henning writes that there’s new hope on the prairie …

Oped: The Price of Black Carbon

In Q’s first opinion piece, Charlee Thompson writes that we need better education, not just technology, to solve the black carbon problem …

Q&A

Many Thanks!

Editing Nature: Meaningful Decision-Making in the Sciences

Maria Maring and Gwenna Heidkamp interview Visiting Scholar Natalie Kofler, the Founder of Editing Nature, on the latest in bioethics …

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