Multimedia Stories
A listing of High Country News online video, photographic and audio content.
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The West, in pictures
High Country News showcases a selection of photos submitted to SAGE Magazine, a student-run environmental magazine at the Yale Forestry School. The images include beautiful wildlife photography and poignant illustrations of humans' relationship to the natural world.
by SAGE Magazine, Jul 15, 2012 -
Rantcast: Bumper sticker sloganeering
Michael Branch spinelessly adapts his environmental bumper stickers to fit in when traveling in rural Nevada's sagebrush rebellion country
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jul 02, 2012 -
The Excursions Episode
Thought-provoking jaunts to inspire your own Western wanderings this summer: a visit to Utah's Sun Tunnels; a peek into modern hobo culture; and a beginner's guide to hitchhiking.
by Cally Carswell, Jun 19, 2012 -
Rantcast: Sorry, Utah
Ever found balloon detritus when hiking in a pristine wilderness? Michael Branch rants about the airlifted trash he finds in Nevada's high elevation desert, and then decides to dump some of that trash on Utah.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Jun 02, 2012 -
There's (still) gold in them thar hills
Soaring prices are driving a new gold rush -- among mining behemoths and small-time prospectors.
by Cally Carswell, May 21, 2012 -
Rantcast: The silence of desert greetings
Michael Branch muses on Mary Austin, desert loners, and why the inhabitants in his arid part of western Nevada choose to limit their interactions to a few choice syllables. Rants from the Hill are Michael Branch's monthly musings on life in rural Nevada.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Apr 30, 2012 -
Lost and found waterways
Rediscovering the forgotten rivers and streams of Los Angeles and Tucson.
by Cally Carswell, Apr 17, 2012 -
The sound of silence
The world is getting noisier. Should we worry?
by Cally Carswell, Mar 28, 2012 -
Rantcast: The leprechaun trap
Rants from the Hill are Michael Branch's monthly musings on life in rural Nevada. In this Rantcast, Michael Branch muses on holidays and creates a leprechaun trap with his two daughters.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Mar 29, 2012 -
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 22, 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 25, 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 27, 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 13, 2011 -
How to snag a grizzly: Biologists search for carnivores in the North Cascades
by Nathan Rice, Nov 13, 2011 -
Brad Udall on Australian water reform
Lessons from Australia for the Colorado River Basin
by Cally Carswell, Oct 09, 2011 -
Mary Clearman Blew reads from her book, This is Not the Ivy League
by Andrea Clark Mason, Sep 18, 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 24, 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 12, 2011






