The Guardian

• The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn Klamath

  Less than a year after four dams were removed from the river, life has blossomed along its banks, presenting new challenges and joys of recovery

  Bill Cross pulled his truck to the side of a dusty mountain road and jumped out to scan a stretch of rapids rippling through the hillsides below.

  As an expert and a guide, Cross had spent more than 40 years boating the Klamath River, etching its turns, drops and eddies into his memory. But this run was brand new. On a warm day in mid-May, he would be one of the very first to raft it with high spring flows.

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• Minnesota’s Boundary Waters are pristine. Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ could pollute them forever

  A little-known provision would open thousands of nearby acres to a foreign mining company, risking acid drainage

  The story is co-published with Public Domain, an investigative newsroom that covers public lands, wildlife and government

  A little-known provision of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would open thousands of acres of public lands at the edge of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters wilderness to a foreign-owned mining company.

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• Rapid snowmelt and Trump cuts compound wildfire fears in US west

  Region is experiencing an unusually warm spring, raising concerns of fierce wildfire season amid limited resources

  Unusually warm springtime temperatures have contributed to rapid reductions in snowpacks across the western US that rival the fastest rates on record, increasing concerns around wildfire season.

  The rapid snowmelt, in addition to reduced staffing and budget constraints initiated by the Trump administration, has set the stage for a particularly dangerous season across the west, according to an analysis of publicly available data by the Guardian and interviews with experts in the region.

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• ‘Flying blind’: Florida weatherman tells viewers Trump cuts will harm forecasts

  John Morales told viewers he may be unable to warn viewers of hurricane dangers due to weather agency cuts

  A leading TV weatherman in Florida has warned viewers on air that he may not be able to properly inform them of incoming hurricanes because of cuts by the Trump administration to federal weather forecasting.

  John Morales, a veteran meteorologist at NBC 6 South Florida, told viewers on Monday night that Donald Trump’s cuts to climate and weather agencies mean that forecasters will be “flying blind” into what is expected to be an active hurricane season.

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• ‘Putting profit over people’: big gas is waging war on a California clean air rule

  Coalition that includes SoCalGas, country’s largest gas utility, has launched fierce campaign against transition away from gas-fired appliances

  This story is co-published with Floodlight.

  On a windy night in early January, Barbara Ishida, a second grade teacher, spotted the Eaton fire glowing in the hills behind her home in Altadena, California. Her mind turned to the deadly wildfires in Lahaina and Paradise and she thought, “Let’s get out – now.”

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