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April 15, 2019
In this issue, we trace the death of an endangered pupfish that landed a man in prison. We look at ways Western politicians are pushing back against citizen ballot initiatives; the implications of new research indicating that fish feel pain; and the ways in which California’s Karuk tribe is managing for wildfires — whether the law likes it or not. We check in with a Borderlands sheriff who disagrees with the Trump administration’s “emergency,” and question the moral dimensions of a recent mountain lion death in Colorado. We also review a new documentary giving writer M. Scott Momaday a movie worth his talents, and a writer ponders the disastrous differences between the Exxon Valdez spill and the ongoing climate change catastrophe.
Feature
Editor's Note
Environmental laws are one way to force people to consider their actions.
Current
In Idaho, a struggle over Medicaid expansion exposes the limits of forcing change via ballot measure.
Seafood harvesting is brutal — but it doesn’t have to be.
President Trump’s pitch is ‘a sound bite, not a cogent public policy position.’
Surrounded by forests they often can’t manage without breaking the law, California tribes struggle to protect themselves from wildfires.
Prosecutor says missteps were inadvertent.
Arts and Culture
Jeffrey Palmer gives us a glimpse of the Indigenous literary giant in ‘Words from a Bear.’
Book Reviews
See the impersonators that perpetuate an All-American woman.
Perspective
The recent encounter between a runner and a 40-pound cougar perpetuates unwarranted fear.
Climate change is damaging ecosystems that never had the chance to recover.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
HCN receives an American Society of Journalists and Authors award and a lovely tribute to our former publisher.
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