High Country News

A tempered victory

The Gila River Indian Community in Arizona is on the verge of a huge and historic water rights victory, but even the most successful Indian crusades for water are always compromises

by Matt Jenkins, Mar 15, 2004
Adapt or collapse

In his book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond warns about societies that overreach themselves – a warning that southern Arizona, in the midst of its tremendous real estate boom, ought to heed

by Paul Larmer, Jun 12, 2006
Against the current

For a long time, the West used water as if the supply were endless, but nowadays environmentalists are finding that too much efficiency causes problems of its own, especially in fragile ecosystems like the Colorado River Delta.

by John Mecklin, Feb 05, 2007
Apache trout swim ‘full stream’ ahead

Arizona's state fish is about to become the first fish removed from the endangered species list as a result of successful recovery.

by James Yearling, Oct 16, 2007
Arizona land swap dogged by questions

Critics say the Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange in Arizona is a sweetheart deal between developer Fred Ruskin and the Forest Service

by Anne Minard, Mar 01, 2004
Arizona voters say 'yes' to open space

Even the National Rifle Association came out in support of a Tucson, Ariz., open-space saving bond, which passed in a landslide despite complaints from critics that it was just pork

by Tony Davis, Jun 07, 2004
Arizona's Fossil Creek gets restored -- and loved to death

Arizona's Fossil Creek, dramatically brought back to life, is now endangered by the hordes of people who love it.

by Jay Canode, Feb 25, 2011
Audio: High Country Views, episode 2

Jonathan Thompson and Cally Carswell talk sage grouse and states' rights.

by Cally Carswell, Mar 23, 2010
Calling for a crackdown on polygamous crime

Crimes committed by a fundamentalist sect on the Utah-Arizona border needs to be seriously investigated by both the Mormon Church and those states.

by Ray Ring, Jun 10, 2012
Can solar produce long-lasting jobs?

Constructing solar energy plants provides well-paying jobs, but most of the work is only temporary.

by Judith Lewis Mernit, May 27, 2012