I enjoyed reading Jason Asenap’s essay regarding the present state of Native filmmaking and production (“The time of the Indigenous critic has arrived,” October 2021). He landed on some critical points, especially concerning the Indigenous filmmakers and artists working in a predominantly and historically white-run business. Those lines are now being blurred. Just as Asenap has written, learning to live […]
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Why fire experts are hopeful
Wildfire scientists dispel common misconceptions about forest management, detailing what needs to change and why it’s urgent.
Posted inNovember 1, 2021: The Radioactive Waste Next Door
A Hostile Country
Thank you to Paige Blankenbuehler for her recent article concerning wolf dispersal and Wyoming’s Green River corridor (“A Hostile Country,” October 2021). One passage I found particularly disturbing for its hypocrisy was the characterization of wolves as “vicious” and killing for fun. Although I am no expert in wolf behavior, the idea that they kill […]
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Why reducing methane emissions matters
What you can’t see can hurt.
Posted inNovember 1, 2021: The Radioactive Waste Next Door
The ways Afro-Indigenous people are asked to navigate their communities
Two leading scholars discuss the complex relationship between Black and Native people.
Posted inNovember 1, 2021: The Radioactive Waste Next Door
Wiggling ice worms; historical matchmaking; bizarre Utah politics
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inNovember 1, 2021: The Radioactive Waste Next Door
Alaska Native villages band together to keep the Yukon River’s wild salmon afloat
‘As a unified voice, we are unstoppable — and we can manage the river better.’
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Decolonizing Idaho’s road signs
A new effort will add Indigenous history to historical markers across the state.
Posted inNovember 1, 2021: The Radioactive Waste Next Door
Can Hatch green chiles outlast the climate crisis?
Growers of New Mexico’s iconic crop wrestle with drought, water rights and labor shortages.
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How tribal leaders want Chuck Sams to lead the Park Service
The Umatilla leader would be the first Native person in charge of the agency, which has a thorny history with tribes.
Posted inNovember 1, 2021: The Radioactive Waste Next Door
Hmong Americans in Northern California fight wildfire — and distrust
Wary of local authorities, a community forms an ad-hoc firefighting force to defend its property.
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The hidden fires
Keeping honest about what we burn and why.
Posted inNovember 1, 2021: The Radioactive Waste Next Door
Afghan refugees find a home in the West
A resettlement agency in Twin Falls, Idaho, prepares for newcomers.
Posted inDecember 1, 2021: Visions of Wildness
Bears Ears is back — but don’t celebrate just yet
Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk unpacks the deeper implications — and limitations — of Biden’s monuments proclamation.
Posted inOctober 1, 2021: In The Graces of Grasses
Where do public lands factor into the homelessness crisis?
As the housing crisis in the West deepens, more unhoused people are making a home outside.
Posted inOctober 1, 2021: In The Graces of Grasses
A recovered sum; a bear with a job; a loss of goofy trees
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inOctober 1, 2021: In The Graces of Grasses
A Hostile Country
Very well done! Many thanks (“A Hostile Country,” September 2021). Before your description, I was not fully aware of the obstacles wolves encounter heading south from Wyoming. It explains why there have been so few in Colorado. In contrast, they have done well west of the Yellowstone/ Wyoming/Idaho area where they were reintroduced back in […]
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Collecting seeds to restore prairie grasslands
‘These youth are going to be able to take ownership of healing the land at Fort Belknap.’
Posted inOctober 1, 2021: In The Graces of Grasses
Casitas against displacement
Great story on accessory dwelling units, or ADUs (“Casitas against displacement,” August 2021). You covered different approaches and dug into the up- and downsides. Not saying that’s unusual for HCN, but just wanted to pass on my compliments. Jim Hight Buena Vista, Colorado This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the […]
Posted inOctober 1, 2021: In The Graces of Grasses
Derailed
I was pleased to see “Derailed,” the piece on the Yamhelas Trail project (July 2021). Leah Sottile did a very nice job on the whole sad, sordid mess. It is mind-boggling how such a positive project, popular (except for a select few), could get derailed (pun intended) by said select few. What is all the […]