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Microclimates, macro problem

As humans rely on our ingenuity to cope with climate change, wild plants and animals take refuge in the mountains’ microclimates.

by Jodi Peterson, Oct 21, 2010
The paradoxical call of the wild

Wolves may be returning to Colorado on their own 70 years after their deliberate extirpation from the state.

by Jonathan Thompson , Feb 09, 2010
"To feel at home, stay at home."

This essays and book reviews in this special issue of High Country News revolve around the question: What does it mean to be at home in the West?

by Jodi Peterson, Sep 14, 2009
A tenderfoot in Taos

An exhausted young mother, her lively new baby, and a compassionate drunkard have a brief but lovely encounter on the plaza in Taos, N.M.

by Michelle Nijhuis , Jul 17, 2009
See you in April!

High Country News skips an issue; Western water books; kudos for HCN’s writers; clarification and correction.

by Jodi Peterson , Mar 16, 2009
Dear friends

A panel of experts will debate whether gas development and recreation can coexist in western Colorado; Michelle Nijhuis wins awards; visitors; poem by Cam Scott.

by Jodi Peterson, Apr 28, 2008
This dog believes

An undergrown Australian shepherd mix named Pika offers advice on living in the moment despite frightening and challenging times

by Michelle Nijhuis, Nov 27, 2006
Dear friends

HCN’s Christmas open house; Michelle Nijhuis wins another award for climate change stories; visitors; Bill Burnham dies; Jodi Peterson back from sick leave

by Jodi Peterson, Nov 27, 2006
Dear friends

Summer editorial retreat, global warming booklet is here, lots of summer visitors

by Jodi Peterson, Jul 24, 2006
Between the body and the world

The creepy glamour of the scientific exhibit Body Worlds 2 – which showcases actual preserved sections of human bodies – never answers the question of how – and where– these people lived

by Michelle Nijhuis, May 29, 2006