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How Alaska Native youth are protecting the land for their future ancestors - High Country News
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With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, these four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation.
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The importance of Indigenous curators - High Country News
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These caretakers can help ensure museum collections are handled, and expanded, appropriately.
8h ago
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Montana’s youth climate activists aren’t stopping at their landmark court win - High Country News
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As lawmakers push back, the kids aren’t giving up.
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After losing everything in the Eaton fire, a family holds onto joy - High Country News
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Navigating grief displacement and the small moments makes recovery possible for one Black family.
on Mon, 4PM
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Trump halts historic orphaned well-plugging program - High Country News
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Western states were using funds from the Infrastructure Act to clean up pollution left behind by industry. Now, the Trump administration has canceled them.
on Fri, 6PM
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The author of ’By the Fire We Carry’ notes the nation’s power of empire while looking to history to frame our present.
on Tue, 9PM
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The art of moving a buffalo - High Country News
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Pedro Calderon-Dominguez’s daily work requires calm, quiet, and patience.
on Mar 21
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Access to public land through corner crossing remains legal - High Country News
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A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of four hunters who faced civil trespassing charges for violating airspace above private land they never touched.
on Mar 20
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Contamination threatens the last source of clean groundwater in west New Mexico - High Country News
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The toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, destroyed homes and created a pollution problem for an entire region.
on Mar 15
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How U.S. guns fuel violence south of the border - High Country News
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As Trump pressures Mexico to address drugs and migration, an expert says "border security" goes both ways.
on Mar 14
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The research co-ops funded by Congress each year since 1960 provide substantial returns for taxpayers.
on Mar 12
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Introducing the idea of ‘hyperobjects’ - High Country News
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A new way of understanding climate change and other phenomena.
on Mar 11
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Last month’s terminations cut employees who serve critical support roles on fires.
on Mar 10
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Losing more than a Forest Service job - High Country News
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Trail work, though underappreciated, made for a life well-lived in the woods.
on Mar 5
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Audio: The trill of hummingbirds adapting - High Country News
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Scientists find that Western birds are changing their behavior alongside the climate.
on Mar 4
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Trump and Musk take aim at the rural West - High Country News
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Spending cuts hurt communities, economies and public lands.
on Mar 2
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A renewable diesel plant may put the Columbia River at risk - High Country News
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Farmers, tribes and environmental advocates in rural Oregon raise alarms about the empty promises of biofuels.
on Mar 1
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The video game that makes the climate apocalypse look good - High Country News
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In The Alluvials, artist Alice Bucknell reimagines the Los Angeles water system.
on Mar 1
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As the Great Salt Lake recedes, industry rises - High Country News
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Utah’s Inland Port Authority works with local officials to boost development, but residents feel ignored.
on Mar 1
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‘Rights of nature’ laws take root in the West - High Country News
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Thanks to voters in Everett, Washington, the Snohomish River watershed now has legal standing.
on Mar 1
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Love fiercely despite the tidal wave of injustice - High Country News
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In the midst of a constitutional crisis, caring is more necessary than ever.
on Mar 1
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In Montana, a new map flipped 12 red seats - High Country News
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A common thread runs through states where Democrats made largest gains: bipartisan maps.
on Feb 25
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Life lessons from a coastal wolf pack - High Country News
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In Alaska, a biologist and her family learn how quickly these iconic predators can change the menu — and bend the rules.
on Feb 24
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Poll finds majority of Westerners support climate action and conservation - High Country News
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Colorado College’s annual survey included residents of 8 Western states, the majority of whom identified as politically conservative or moderate.
on Feb 20
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Finding beauty in a broken world - High Country News
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The work that needs to be done offers meaning.
on Feb 19
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Career employees were unsettled by the termination email sent by HR, which cited ‘performance issues.’
on Feb 18
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Career employees told HCN they were unsettled by the termination email sent by HR, which cited ‘performance issues.’
on Feb 18
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Urban wildfires shouldn’t surprise us - High Country News
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Southern California is jolted into a new reality.
on Feb 14
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The Indian education of Charles Sams - High Country News
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How the first Native director of the National Park Service drew from a legacy of federal boarding schools and Indigenous teachings.
on Feb 5
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The possibilities of climate grief - High Country News
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A journey through the heart of despair to find what’s on the other side.
on Feb 4
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These states use stolen Indigenous land to fund prisons - High Country News
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State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
on Feb 4
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The power of prescribed fire - High Country News
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A wildfire journalist steps behind the drip torch.
on Feb 1
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The climate fight endures - High Country News
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Despite a hostile administration, local governments in the West recognize the need to continue the energy transition, and they have plans.
on Feb 1
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A veteran transforms a legacy of violence into a campaign for restoration - High Country News
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How a former Marine found a road to repair.
on Feb 1
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Reenvisioning the image of immigration - High Country News
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Artist and refugee Papay Solomon juxtaposes European painting with African ancestry.
on Feb 1
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Bringing black abalone back from the brink - High Country News
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To save the species, researchers translocated the endangered California mollusk.
on Feb 1
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A writer finds freedom in being unapologetically Indigenous - High Country News
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On strengthening roots in a new place.
on Feb 1
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How do we raise our children in a time of wildfire? - High Country News
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The poet Rachel Richardson learns, through writing and motherhood, to defy fear.
on Feb 1
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There’s more than one kind of migrant - High Country News
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Like LA’s new climate refugees, immigrants also deserve respect.
on Feb 1
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What are you reading? - High Country News
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When finding news consumption difficult, connect with community.
on Feb 1
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Letters to the Editor, February 2025 - High Country News
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Comments from readers.
on Feb 1
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#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
on Feb 1
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Orcas à la mode, totally tubular sea pickles and bloodthirsty squirrels - High Country News
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Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
on Feb 1
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Uranium trucks on Arizona’s ‘Killer 89’ spark alarm in tribal communities - High Country News
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White Mesa residents say they’d be last to know about accidents despite being closest to danger.
on Jan 31
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Many renters are struggling after fleeing LA County wildfires - High Country News
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For many in the county, recovery requires a new lease, a new landlord, new schools and possibly a new state.
on Jan 31
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Staff outside D.C. headquarters respond to funding freeze and other orders from the new administration.
on Jan 31
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AI on public lands and Biden’s environmental legacy - High Country News
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The 46th president finished his term in customary contradictory style.
on Jan 30
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The importance of ‘Being Caribou’ - High Country News
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Remembering the activist and author Karsten Heuer.
on Jan 29
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We must protect our sacred lands - High Country News
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To meet the crisis of our time and help address past wrongs, we need bold action from decision makers.
on Jan 29