High Country News

A little wild

Percentage of federally owned land and wilderness in Western states

by HCN Staff, Sep 18, 2006
A new breed of 'ski bums' is anything but

Young people in booming Ketchum, Idaho, struggle to make a living and find an affordable place to stay

by Tim Sullivan, Nov 08, 2004
A new collaboration has Idaho ranchers and the BLM fighting fire together

Conflicts began after the BLM banned ranchers from fighting fire on public land. But a surprising solution has emerged.

by Emily Guerin, May 08, 2013
A town’s downtown is the new (old) way to live

Bill Croke celebrates his brand-new, old-fashioned lifestyle: living upstairs in an old brick building in downtown Salmon, Idaho.

by Bill Croke, Sep 04, 2008
Audio: Politics on planet Idaho

Just how bad or good are Idaho's environmental politics? On September 18, High Country News gathered Idaho politicians and environmentalists for a lively exploration of these questions.

by Ray Ring, Oct 07, 2008
BLM busted for booting whistleblower

BLM ordered to pay whistleblower Earle Dixon

by Staff, Oct 16, 2006
Burning money

Wildfire financial data

by Staff, Oct 16, 2006
California, here we come

California has a lot to teach the Interior West – particularly about clean energy and water conservation

by Paul Larmer, May 01, 2006
Call me a local and forget about my grandpappy

Small-town Westerners need to get over the notion that just because they have a grandparent buried nearby they deserve a greater voice in local politics.

by Gina Knudson, May 12, 2009
Condemned

In Idaho and Wyoming, old eminent domain laws allow private entities to condemn landowners’ property – as Peter and Judy Riede discovered when J.R. Simplot Co. announced plans to expand its phosphate mine and build a road across their ranch.

by Rebecca Huntington, Feb 05, 2007