High Country News

2,000 miles of controversy

The new border wall may not be stopping all that many immigrants, but it's certainly having an impact on Southwestern wildlife.

by Ariana Brocious, Aug 10, 2009
A frantic lion meets the border wall

The U.S.-Mexico border wall does nothing to stop either drugs or illegal immigrants, but it sure can frustrate roaming wildlife, including mountain lions.

by Janay Brun, Nov 28, 2011
A pilgrim with a battered Nikon

Albuquerque photojournalist Jaelyn deMaria has devoted the last few years to documenting the pilgrims who come to the shrine of Monte Cristo Rey on the United States-Mexico border near El Paso.

by Lee Ross, Sep 18, 2006
A silent victim of illegal immigration is our public lands

The writer says we fail to count the costs of illegal border crossers to our public lands

by Rebecca Clarren, May 22, 2006
Apprehension

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Officer John Schaefer is one of only two officers patrolling the 860,000 acres of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, a thoroughfare for illegal immigrants and armed drug smugglers

by Michael Marizco, May 15, 2006
Birders without borders

In Jim Lynch's second novel, Border Songs, an eccentric, gawky birdwatcher works for the Border Patrol along the Canadian border.

by Brian Kevin, Dec 06, 2009
Bloody Mystery Lingers in the Desert

The unsolved murder of rancher Robert Krentz adds to the already-high tension along the Arizona-Mexico border.

by Michel Marizco, Jun 15, 2010
Border Patrol wants motorized access to wilderness

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to give the Border Patrol regular motorized access to more than 330,000 acres of wilderness along the Mexican border

by Alex C. Pasquariello, Jun 21, 2004
Border Patrol Whack-a-Mole

The United States needs genuine immigration reform instead of the politically motivated shouting match that has taken the place of reasonable debate.

by John Mecklin, Feb 19, 2007
Brushed aside

On Washington's Olympic Peninsula, the once-lucrative floral greens industry is floundering as its immigrant workers face deportation.

by Lissa James, Aug 19, 2009