On North Dakota's Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, a diabetes epidemic has its roots in the dam that flooded the tribes' farmland and destroyed their way of life.
On Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation, Stanford Addison – a quadriplegic Northern Arapaho horse gentler – helps Indian boys through their difficult teenage years.
A profile of Ed Marston, the outgoing publisher of High
Country News, describes his path from East Coast physics professor
to a small-town Colorado environmentalist publisher unusually
sympathetic to ranchers
A profile of Forest Service botanist Steve Monsen
describes his battle with squarrose knapweed, which is infesting
the western part of Utah, where Monsen has spent his
life.
A profile of Catron County, N.M.'s lawyer, Jim Catron,
reveals a man steeped in Celtic and cowboy mythology, and
uncompromising in his anti-government fervor.
A profile of 24-year-old Rachel Benally shows a vibrant
young woman whose family life is in bright contrast to the
often-grim statistics about youth problems in the Navajo
Reservation.
Lyle McNeal revived the Churro sheep, a dying breed, and
helped the Navajos who once depended on them, but now the professor
is locked in a bitter battle over the sheep and other issues with
Utah State University, which once supported the project.
In the western Colorado town of Olathe, Ted Medina's
Pueblito del Paiz serves as boarding house, dining hall and
occasionally tense meeting ground for the Mexican and Indian
workers who labor in the area's farm fields.
In Colorado's San Luis Valley, Peggy Godfrey works hard
raising sheep, writing cowboy poetry, helping neighbors at calving
time and living what she describes as the life of a free
woman.
Spanish-speaking, often underestimated immigrant workers
keep the West's ski resorts running in the face of INS raids,
discrimination and other trials.
Wilderness golfing; a renegade in nothing but a T-shirt
sent to save the soul of an angry man; Durango's Jeff Morrissey and
more A-LP rudeness; housekeeper sues ritzy Colorado club.
"Samowen" campground; Samish Tribe is not dead yet;
urine-testing for river guides' cellular phone "rescue in
Yosemite"; bears in cars; state-sponsored hairdos in
Montana.
Colorado too inefficient to be Switzerland; "Mrs. Paonia"
in Denver; intoxicated police chiefs and neck-breaking
veterinarians; doctors irk mining industry; free enterprise vs.
Pepsi and Coke; spanking in Montana.
CONSERVATION FIELD ORGANIZER
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UTAH STATE DIRECTOR
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS EDITOR - HIGH COUNTRY NEWS
High Country News is hiring an Indigenous Affairs Editor to help guide the magazine's journalism and produce stories that are important to Indigenous communities and...
STAFF ATTORNEY
Staff Attorney The role of the Staff Attorney is to bring litigation on behalf of Western Watersheds Project, and at times our allies, in the...
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Northern Michigan University seeks an outstanding leader to serve as its next Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion. With new NMU President Dr. Brock...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Clark Fork Coalition seeks an exceptional leader to serve as its Executive Director. This position provides strategic vision and operational management while leading a...
GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT MANAGER
Help uphold a groundbreaking legal agreement between a powerful mining corporation and the local communities impacted by the platinum and palladium mine in their backyard....
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Feather River Land Trust (FRLT) is seeking a strategic and dynamic leader to advance our mission to "conserve the lands and waters of the...
COLORADO DIRECTOR
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DAVE AND ME
Dave and Me, by international racontuer and children's books author Rusty Austin, is a funny, profane and intense collection of short stories, essays, and poems...
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Rural Community Assistance Corporation is looking to hire a CFO. For more more information visit: https://www.rcac.org/careers/
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Foundation (ABWF) seeks a new Executive Director. Founded in 2008, the ABWF is a respected nonprofit whose mission is to support...
CANYONLANDS FIELD INSTITUTE
Field seminars for adults in natural and human history of the northern Colorado Plateau, with lodge and base camp options. Small groups, guest experts.
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