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An experienced trail crew leader argues that, in today’s forests, the rigidity of the regulation buries what it’s designed to protect. buff.ly/Ir4Mq6c
A ban on chainsaws in wilderness is performative, not practical - High Country News
An experienced trail crew leader argues that, in today’s forests, the rigidity of the regulation buries what it’s designed to protect.
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The Old Trails Fire burned through the city’s northwest corner — an area considered outside the highest risk zone.
The Spokane burns show not even surburbia is immune to wildfire - High Country News
The Old Trails Fire burned through the city’s northwest corner — an area considered outside the highest risk zone.
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Responding to years-long drought in the west, the federal government is cutting water supply for lower basin states on the Colorado River while allowing voluntary reductions in the upper basin.
Federal plan makes steep Colorado River water cuts to Arizona, California and Nevada - High Country News
Responding to years-long drought in the west, the federal government is cutting water supply for lower basin states on the Colorado River while allowing voluntary reductions in the upper basin.
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Two editors have a conversation about our special conversations issue.
‘Everything is in dialogue’ - High Country News
Two editors have a conversation about our special conversations issue.
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What can flowers, fungi, weather, treaties and human resilience teach us about communication? Our August issue explores the many ways we connect and what happens when those connections break down. buff.ly/BxYA7PW
Deb Haaland has the drive and motivation to fight the federal government on state and tribal sovereignty.
Deb Haaland’s vision for New Mexico comes from tradition - High Country News
Deb Haaland has the drive and motivation to fight the federal government on state and tribal sovereignty.
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HCN gets a new team member and a first union contract.
Reporting on the West is a team effort - High Country News
HCN gets a new team member and a first union contract.
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Author and naturalist Audrey Benedict helps support science through good reporting.
A longtime donor gives back - High Country News
Author and naturalist Audrey Benedict helps support science through good reporting.
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The Tracy Arm tsunami climbed 1,580 feet high on nearby mountainsides, a measure called the run-up; it was the second-largest run-up ever recorded.
Collapsing mountains in Alaska are causing massive tsunamis - High Country News
Dangerous landslide-triggered tsunamis linked to receding glaciers — which are shrinking globally due to climate change — are on the rise in Alaska.
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After 20-year controversy and numerous court battles, the Trump administration declared grizzlies recovered despite public lands rollbacks.
Feds transfer grizzly bear management to states - High Country News
After 20-year controversy and numerous court battles, the Trump administration declared grizzlies recovered despite public lands rollbacks.
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An experienced trail crew leader argues that, in today’s forests, the rigidity of the regulation buries what it’s designed to protect.
A ban on chainsaws in wilderness is performative, not practical - High Country News
An experienced trail crew leader argues that, in today’s forests, the rigidity of the regulation buries what it’s designed to protect.
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My story on prediction market wildfire wagers exposed the gamification of natural disasters.
I used to ignore prediction markets. Then I learned people were betting on wildfires - High Country News
My story on prediction market wildfire wagers exposed the gamification of natural disasters.
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A last-minute deal is another bet on the town’s unlikely survival.
Can the last casino in Primm, Nevada, save a desert community? - High Country News
A last-minute deal is another bet on the town’s unlikely survival.
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Officials call push to remove an oil and gas buffer around the culturally critical monument ‘an absolute gut punch.’ buff.ly/91yjePv
Pueblo leaders, New Mexico lawmakers speak out to protect Chaco Canyon - High Country News
Officials are calling the push to remove an oil and gas buffer around the culturally critical monument ‘an absolute gut punch.’
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The administration wants to open 3 million acres to mining claims and oil and gas leasing at the expense of the landscape.
What’s destroying Utah’s monuments - High Country News
The administration wants to open 3 million acres to mining claims and oil and gas leasing at the expense of the landscape.
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How one village established a Native-led sexual assault response team to help address the oncoming chaotic boomtown atmosphere.
Alaska Native communities prepare for man camps driven by new mining boom - High Country News
Alaska Native villages rally to protect their communities from the administration’s ramped up resource development agenda.
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At least four panels of the wall in the San Rafael Valley were mysteriously damaged months before a controversy-plagued contractor even finished construction. buff.ly/Y5aPol9
A new section of the billion-dollar border wall in Arizona is bent out of shape - High Country News
A section of newly built border wall was mysteriously damaged for months. But it wasn’t until a High Country News reporter asked about the damage that Customs and Border Protection maintained the…
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Energy developer Avangrid withdrew this month its longstanding permit application to build industrial-scale solar on a site sacred to the Confederated
Tribally contested Badger Mountain solar project canceled by developer - High Country News
Energy developer Avangrid withdrew this month its longstanding permit application to build industrial-scale solar on a site sacred to the Confederated
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An experienced trail crew leader argues that, in today’s forests, the rigidity of the regulation buries what it’s designed to protect.
A ban on chainsaws in wilderness is performative, not practical - High Country News
An experienced trail crew leader argues that, in today’s forests, the rigidity of the regulation buries what it’s designed to protect.
hcn.org
How one village established a Native-led sexual assault response team to help address the oncoming chaotic boomtown atmosphere.
Alaska Native communities prepare for man camps driven by new mining boom - High Country News
Alaska Native villages rally to protect their communities from the administration’s ramped up resource development agenda.
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Some wilderness advocates worry that allowing permanent climbing anchors in wilderness will lead to overcrowding. But climbers say the measures simply guarantee their basic safety in wilderness, and support climbing as a longstanding use.
The conflict over permanent climbing anchors in wilderness - High Country News
Some wilderness advocates worry that allowing permanent climbing anchors in wilderness will lead to overcrowding. But climbers say the measures simply guarantee their basic safety in wilderness, and…
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Barnard Construction’s leadership donated over $1 million to the president’s campaign. They’re among the administration’s top wall contractors.
Billions in border wall contracts are going to a Montana firm run by a Trump donor - High Country News
Barnard Construction’s leadership donated over $1 million to the president’s campaign. They’re among the administration’s top wall contractors.
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For now, the state is counting on voluntary cuts among vegetable and pecan farmers. But that might not be enough, shares Inside Climate News. buff.ly/TTYSws0
The clock is ticking for New Mexico to cut Rio Grande water use - High Country News
For now, the state is counting on voluntary cuts among vegetable and pecan farmers. But that might not be enough.
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How a tide pool denizen makes a home amd the waves.
The electrifying allure of a tide pool creature - High Country News
In the tide pools of Oregon, a writer becomes fascinated with the soft-bodied sea anemone, which makes a life an ever-changing habitat. The creature appears humble, but a deeper look reveals a…
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In the Southwest’s illicit cannabis boom, Chinese migrant workers were often treated as criminals first — until investigators began chasing their bosses. buff.ly/9mHjlag
The Chinese immigrants trafficked on New Mexico’s weed farms - High Country News
From Monterey Park to New Mexico, Chinese migrants were recruited into remote cannabis grows where silence and jurisdictional gaps sustained abuse.
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For now, the state is counting on voluntary cuts among vegetable and pecan farmers. But that might not be enough.
The clock is ticking for New Mexico to cut Rio Grande water use - High Country News
For now, the state is counting on voluntary cuts among vegetable and pecan farmers. But that might not be enough.
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Officials are calling the push to remove an oil and gas buffer around the culturally critical monument ‘an absolute gut punch.’
Pueblo leaders, New Mexico lawmakers speak out to protect Chaco Canyon - High Country News
Officials are calling the push to remove an oil and gas buffer around the culturally critical monument ‘an absolute gut punch.’
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My story on prediction market wildfire wagers exposed the gamification of natural disasters.
I used to ignore prediction markets. Then I learned people were betting on wildfires - High Country News
My story on prediction market wildfire wagers exposed the gamification of natural disasters.
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Alaska Native villages rally to protect their communities from the administration’s ramped up resource development agenda.
Alaska Native communities prepare for man camps driven by new mining boom - High Country News
Alaska Native villages rally to protect their communities from the administration’s ramped up resource development agenda.
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