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August 22, 2016

The heat is rising on the National Park Service. In our special report: How climate change is altering the country's beloved parks and the agency's centennial has brought with it harsh scrutiny on issues of race and gender. Plus, nuclear power divides CA and a trip down the Grand.

Feature

Why has the National Park Service gotten whiter?
Why has the National Park Service gotten whiter?
The agency is trying to hire more racially diverse staff — but can’t seem to make headway.
Glenn Nelson Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
Meet the man helping the Park Service prepare for a hotter future
Meet the man helping the Park Service prepare for a hotter future
Patrick Gonzalez walks the walk when it comes to climate action.
Elizabeth Shogren Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
The Park Service’s befuddled funding
The Park Service’s befuddled funding
The cash-strapped agency wrestles with corporate sponsorships and budget shortfalls.
Phil Taylor Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition

Current

Latest: Officials open a criminal investigation of EPA’s role in the Animas river spill
Latest: Officials open a criminal investigation of EPA’s role in the Animas river spill
Agency contractors were excavating debris at the old mining site when the river flooded with wastewater.
Lyndsey Gilpin Aug. 19, 2016 From the print edition
Nuclear power divides California’s environmentalists
Nuclear power divides California’s environmentalists
Is the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant good or bad for the climate?
Paige Blankenbuehler Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
How the Park Service is planning for climate change
How the Park Service is planning for climate change
The agency is forging ahead despite meager help from Congress.
Elizabeth Shogren Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
Delta flood’s carbon footprint, floodplain fallout and purple fungi fighters
Delta flood’s carbon footprint, floodplain fallout and purple fungi fighters
HCN.org news in brief.
Staff Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
Inside a park succeeding at recruiting diverse employees
Inside a park succeeding at recruiting diverse employees
Antonio Solorio helps national park reach L.A.’s Latino majority.
Glenn Nelson Aug. 23, 2016 From the print edition
Meet the aspiring ranger locked out by National Park Service practices
Meet the aspiring ranger locked out by National Park Service practices
The Park Service has seemed to get in its own way when it comes to hiring more diverse applicants.
Glenn Nelson Aug. 23, 2016 From the print edition

Editor's Note

For the Park Service, an uncomfortable birthday
For the Park Service, an uncomfortable birthday
Paul Larmer Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition

Essays

A visit to the Grand Canyon, without handrails
A visit to the Grand Canyon, without handrails
A wild river is “a necessity of the human spirit.”
Geoffrey O'Gara Essay Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition

Multimedia

William Henry Jackson’s history-making photos
William Henry Jackson’s history-making photos
See these rare color photographs of the early West.
Lyndsey Gilpin Photos Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

The Bundy battle continues, the Airbnb squeeze, and an unusual gun sale
The Bundy battle continues, the Airbnb squeeze, and an unusual gun sale
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Betsy Marston Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Farewell to a senior editor
Farewell to a senior editor
Paige Blankenbuehler Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition

Letters

Desert rising?
Al Herring Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
Immigrants and jobs
Gwen Hoffnagle Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
HCN as travel guide
Jim and Marsha Miller Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
Collaboration? Not so much.
Jeff Lonn Aug. 22, 2016 From the print edition
High Country News Classifieds