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August 7, 2017
This issue makes visible the communities who often go unseen and unheard. The feature looks at local activists in California who, without assistance from the government, have been doggedly trying to heal their communities from toxic dumps through education and community service. The issue also covers a new species facing extinction, dams in the West and enlivened efforts to drill near national monuments.
Feature
En medio de los basureros tóxicos de California, los activistas trabajan solos.
Editor's Note
We are seeing a mounting intolerance toward undocumented farmworkers.
Current
Old public-lands battles are rekindled as Interior prioritizes oil and gas.
A recently discovered species of crossbill already faces extinction.
As the climate changes, dams face new challenges for water rights and releases.
A county uses eminent domain to try to reclaim land taken by LA.
A bitter battle between Native and non-Native water users ends in settlement.
Hordes of travelers have filled up campsites and hotels in preparation.
HCN.org news in brief.
Essays
And you thought endangered species couldn’t get more vulnerable.
Book Reviews
Dancers and artists inspired by Wallace Stegner celebrate the geography of hope.
A new book by a self-proclaimed umbraphile tells the story of a West in shadow.
Writers on the Range
The rugged individualist mentality of the region extends to medical aid in dying.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
A heat wave, staffing changes, and more dear friends.
Letters
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