Multimedia Stories
A listing of High Country News online video, photographic and audio content.
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Emily Guerin on ranchers' and BLM's collaborative approach to fighting wildfire
Emily Guerin talks with KDNK's Nelson Harvey about why this unusual collaboration is working in Idaho.
by Nelson Harvey, Apr 29, 2013 -
The gray area: a conversation with artist Renee Couture
An Oregon artist reinterprets the region's timber wars.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, May 10, 2013 -
Deconstructing environmentalists' opposition to renewable energy
Sarah Gilman and KDNK's Nelson Harvey talk about why environmentalists in certain communities are divided about the appropriate way to address climate change.
by Nelson Harvey, Apr 15, 2013 -
Craig Childs on hidden, trail-free BLM gems
KDNK's Nelson Harvey talks with Craig Childs about his story "Secret getaways of the National Conservation System."
by Nelson Harvey, Mar 18, 2013 -
Lost and Found Montana: Cartersville
Photographer Jeremy Lurgio unexpectedly finds that life carries on in Cartersville, a small Montana town whose name was struck from official state highway maps in 2000.
by Jeremy Lurgio, Mar 18, 2013 -
Greg Hanscom on ski towns and climate change
Greg Hanscom discusses the prospects for economies built on snow with KDNK's Nelson Harvey.
by Nelson Harvey, Mar 04, 2013 -
Jonathan Thompson on gun control
Nelson Harvey interviews HCN senior editor Jonathan Thompson on gun control and gun culture in the West.
by Nelson Harvey, Feb 05, 2013 -
An interview with Joshua Zaffos
Joshua Zaffos discusses his story on industry money and higher education with KDNK's Nelson Harvey.
by Nelson Harvey, Jan 28, 2013 -
West of 100: Goodbye, listeners
The West of 100 podcast comes to an end.
by Cally Carswell , Nov 16, 2012 -
Come on home to Green River
A snapshot of life in Green River for young, artistic do-gooders from elsewhere.
by Emily Guerin and Andrew Cullen, Nov 11, 2012 -
Rantcast: Goodbye, listeners
The Rants from the Hill podcast comes to an end.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Nov 05, 2012 -
Rantcast: the desert shoe tree
Michael Branch takes his daughters to a tree near their Nevada home, where people leave shoes telling stories.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Sep 30, 2012 -
West of 100: Fire & Brimstone
The backstory to Emily Guerin's report on the scientific debate over how "normal" severe fire is, and a travelogue from the Gila Wilderness in the wake of this year's massive blaze.
by Cally Carswell, Emily Guerin, Neil LaRubbio, Sep 25, 2012 -
West of 100: Droughts past, present and future
An oral history of the 1950s drought in West Texas, and a look at what the 2000 to 2004 drought could portend for the future.
by Cally Carswell, Aug 28, 2012 -
Rantcast: Bringing back the mammoths
Mike Branch explores the idea of Pleistocene rewildling, or bringing back the megafauna that roamed North America before humans extinguished them.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Sep 02, 2012 -
Rantcast: Puppy love
Mike Branch gets a new puppy with very few virtues, but as it turns out, he fits perfectly in Silver Hills, Nevada.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Aug 04, 2012 -
A ride with a Bakken water trucker
Reporter Nicholas Kusnetz rides along with Mike Reynolds, who left his logging business in Washington State to work trucking water to the Bakken's oil fields.
by Nicholas Kusnetz, Aug 05, 2012 -
"iDemand an iPad App!"
After months of requests from our tenacious subscribers, the HCN iPad app is finally here.
by High Country News, Aug 19, 2012 -
The ski industry, climate hawk?
Aspen Skiing Company Sustainability VP Auden Schendler, and professional snowboarder Jeremy Jones on why ski corporations and pro athletes should step up to the climate crisis -- and how they can do it.
by Cally Carswell, Jul 22, 2012 -
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
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