Cash-strapped agencies use private contractors to the detriment of local communities.
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October 30, 2017
In this issue of High Country News, long-time contributor Hal Herring explains how immigration policy and a push for cheap labor have changed the economics of forest management. Film critic Jason Asenap examines the history of non-Native directors relying on overused stereotypes of Indigenous people. In a place as complicated as the West, our understanding of what shapes it is ever-evolving.
Feature
Editor's Note
The budget-starved Forest Service gives jobs to the lowest bidder instead of local communities.
Current
The two nations are poised to sign an updated water pact to deal with drought.
A new party called United Utah says that it is ‘Practical Not Partisan.’
HCN.org news in brief.
Proposed terminal in Longview, Washington, denied key water permit.
A judge denies compensation for the 2001 water shut-off to protect salmon runs.
To revive a desiccated ecosystem, a U.S.-Mexico agreement looks past ‘pulse flows.’
The former head of the EPA isn’t despairing despite Trump administration rollbacks.
Essays
Raise up the vulnerable voices of the elderly, impoverished and the wild earth, too.
Book Reviews
A collection of rangers, scientists and artists pose in a landscape they love.
Try as they might, two new films can’t escape old tropes.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Congratulations to staff members, old and new.
Letters
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