Multimedia Stories

A listing of High Country News online video, photographic and audio content.

A former Green Mountain fire lookout tells his story

"Lightbulb" Winders recounts his experiences as the last lookout on Green Mountain.

by Nathan Rice, Jan 23, 2012
Pronghorn Passage: Tracking the antelope migration in western Wyoming

Emilene Ostlind and Joe Riis tracked the western Wyoming pronghorn migration for two years. But it wasn't until their final spring that they truly experienced it.

by Emilene Ostlind, Dec 26, 2011
A Texas town welcomes dairies; a New Mexico activist fights them

Jana Hughes, of Hobbs, N.M., does not find dairies to be good neighbors. Janet Claborn, of Muleshoe, Texas, has recruited 14 dairies to her town and sees them as an economic development blessing.

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Nov 28, 2011
An interview with Daniel Marlos, entomology's "Dear Abby"

The self-trained entomologist discusses readers' questions on insects, and some of his favorite worldwide insect finds.

by Marian Lyman Kirst, Nov 14, 2011
How to snag a grizzly: Biologists search for carnivores in the North Cascades

by Nathan Rice, Nov 14, 2011
Brad Udall on Australian water reform

Lessons from Australia for the Colorado River Basin

by Cally Carswell, Oct 10, 2011
Mary Clearman Blew reads from her book, This is Not the Ivy League

by Andrea Clark Mason, Sep 19, 2011
A day among junk connoisseurs

San Juan County, N.M., is a haven for junk cars -- and for the guys who fix them up.

by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, Sep 04, 2011
Out of the weeds: the people of cannabis county

by Tyler Measom and Jennilyn Merten, Aug 16, 2011
Jonathan Thompson on the West's Chinese 'stimulus package'

Jonathan Thompson talks with Cally Carswell about how foreign demand is influencing the West's latest extractive boom.

by Cally Carswell, Jul 25, 2011
A right to be protected: Gary Marbut's case for gun rights

A profile of Montana gun-rights activist Gary Marbut.

by Megan Jae Riggs and Camillia Lanham, Jul 13, 2011
$Abrahm Lustgarten on fracking$
Abrahm Lustgarten on fracking

An interview with ProPublica energy and environment reporter Abrahm Lustgarten.

by Cally Carswell, Jun 27, 2011
An interview with Carter Niemeyer, author of "Wolfer: A Memoir"

Emilene Ostlind talks with Niemeyer about his years tracking, capturing, relocating and removing wolves in the Northern Rockies, and his perspective on wolf management.

by Emilene Ostlind, May 30, 2011
The Garrison Dam: a history

Author Paul VanDevelder speaks on the U.S. government's plan to dam the Missouri River and flood native lands.

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, May 16, 2011
Uncommon Westerner: Bevan Frost crafts custom guitars

A luthier credits his Western upbringing with shaping the instruments he builds.

by Emilene Ostlind, Apr 13, 2011
Explorer's notebook: Craig Childs on the Lower San Juan

Craig Childs narrates his paddle down the Lower San Juan, with photos and video he took on the trip.

by Craig Childs and Cally Carswell, Apr 18, 2011
Peter McBride on photographing the contentious Colorado River

National Geographic photographer Peter McBride shows images from his new book and discusses what he learned while working on it.

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Apr 06, 2011
Life after lava

Ecologist Charlie Crisafulli talks about the surprising biodiversity that has emerged in the wake of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption.

by Lisa Song, Mar 07, 2011
Domestic violence on the rez

Radmilla Cody and Geraldine Laughter discuss domestic violence and the challenges for enforcement and victim support services on the Navajo Nation.

by Nathan Rice, Mar 07, 2011
Jeff Rice on documenting the West in sound

Hear the sounds Jeff Rice collects around the West and learn about why he does it.

by Cally Carswell and Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Feb 28, 2011