Obama's on the right track with new monument designations -- but falls short of Clinton's record.
Items by Jodi Peterson
Like to watch? Remote cameras spy on owls, seals, bears and more.

The next issue of HCN will be out April 15; reprint of corrected mountain lion deaths chart
New research shows how much we rely on native bees and other pollinators.

Marketing students try their hand at managing HCN’s Facebook page; new books from Julianne Couch and Mike Medberry; corrections and clarification.

Grants, donations and gift subscriptions buoy HCN; new books from HCN contributors.
The departing energy secretary leaves a mixed legacy

Meet Sarah Jane Keller and Marshall Swearingen, a correction

The country's first tribal national park could lead the way toward more tribal control over lands that were once theirs.

We appreciate your support; moves and contributing editors.
Are mining companies paying their fair share for the coal and minerals extracted from public land?

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in Paonia, Colo.

A map showing where wildlife are in the reserve.

A controversial proposal for the nation’s biggest chunk of public land aims to allow energy development -- and protect wildlife.
In which we summarize some speculation about Obama's second-term Cabinet

Editor Michelle Nijhuis wins an award; three brave Westerners pass away.
The latest on the Colorado River and California's Owens Lake

High Country News wins Knight-Risser prize, visits and visitors

High Country News has a board meeting and schemes for more reader involvement; visitors from around the West.
A proposed gondola near Salt Lake stirs up a public-lands fight

High Country News receives visitors from all over
The agency has been trying to do more for conservation, but in many places energy extraction still reigns supreme

Western authors and HCN staffers share their most-loved writing about the region.

These days, most Westerners aren't born. We're made.
A northern New Mexico hamlet may host a grand Innovation Center someday

Wayne Hage's 20-year court battle over ranching on public lands comes to a close, but his son continues to tussle with the feds.
The redesigned travel website aims to be a one-stop shop for federal recreation sites.
HCN wins awards, new staff, visitors, a correction

HCN welcomes Andy Cullen, our new associate designer; more late-summer visitors come to Paonia.

HCN gets a flood of summer visitors despite the hot, dry season; Deanne Stillman's new book, Desert Reckoning.
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