In wealthy, segregated Marin County, a pioneering recruitment program breaks down barriers to the firefighting profession
Items by Danielle Venton
State officials are calling the Lake County blaze one of the fastest-moving fires in memory.
An online exchange puts previously unwanted produce to use.
Robert Berlo’s massive map collection is an unexpected data jackpot.
A timeline of genetic modification from the 1950s onward.
The next generation of engineered seeds will escalate herbicide spraying, with potentially large environmental consequences.
Researchers try to determine if unhealthy amounts of selenium are entering Western soil and water due to energy development.
Increasing ocean acidity spells trouble for shellfish
A last ditch effort to save Central California Coho begins to make headway
Clean-elections laws have a way of withering away, especially since the Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United ruling, but Arizona is still struggling to keep political campaigns fair.
A new effort aims to help the people of the Coeur d'Alene basin and the Environmental Protection Agency get along
The Sportsmen's Heritage Act would significantly expand hunting's legal reach.
Good salmon season expected, California's water-related climate readiness questioned
Proposed legislation could promote the planting of aggressive, invasive plants for bioenergy
A scientist taps the recollections of tribal elders as part of her work to piece together the story of landscape change on the Navajo Nation.
Aging aqueducts, nuclear power large and small, and the dangers of working in Wyoming
Yellowstone bison find a new home; methyl iodide gets pulled from the market; in defense of nutria
Roundup-resistant weeds are on the increase across the U.S. The situation is bad; the solution to fix it looks worse
Fish v. farmers in California; cleaning up gas; marijuana mayhem
Upcoming models advance avalanche science by factoring in individual snowflake type
A timeline of bills authorizing new wilderness, from 1964 to 2012
Even Republican sponsors can't seem to break their party's determined stonewalling on wilderness bills in the House of Representatives.
New spotted owl habitat proposals, shrinking coyotes and the continuing elusiveness of oil shale resources
A stab at understanding why Alaska shoots bears and wolves from the air
For her project, Real Rural, photojournalist Lisa Hamilton traveled throughout California, interviewing and photographing scores of rural people.
Heartland Institute pushes anti-science school curriculum, Congress considers new ways to fund rural schools and the BLM drafts fracking rules
Two NOAA documentaries tell a tale of Alaska's Pribilof Islands and northern fur seals, their most famous inhabitants
Although the West supplies most of the nation’s coal, the effects of coal-fired plant emissions are felt much further afield.
High Country News welcomes new interns Danielle Venton and Neil LaRubbio; Marian Lyman Kirst is our new editorial fellow; and correction to captive wolves story.
Also in the news: U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management announce grazing fees, Utah seeks to clean its air and protect sage grouse
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