High Country News - For people who care about the West

Real work

The joys – and hardships – of outdoor physical work take a toll.

How to survive the lean times

Her brush with homelessness gives Jane Goetze the background to offer some wry advice.

Can't see the forest for the guns

Getting out the (gun) vote

Back to bison

No friends of the Indians

Ultimate solution?

Southern California wants to use desalination to increase its water supply, but critics think the idea needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

Burning issues

Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.

Liquid assets

California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts.