Peeking out of the sagebrush across the Snake River Plain is scattered evidence of the region’s volcanic history: black lava basalt. You may not notice this geological wonder at first glance — the ...

Since I met her two years ago, Virginia Hutchins talked about the place with reverence. It was a pocket of the Magic Valley she kept protected in the palm of her hand; a treasure she pulled out and ...

Informally dubbed Black Magic Canyon, the sculpted riverbed downstream of Magic Dam is an internationally unique resource that the Bureau of Land Management fought a long court battle to protect from ...