In Micah McCarty’s art, the past and future are one, and the whales never left.
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Current Issue
May 1, 2023
In this issue, our feature highlights a Makah artist who preserves the stories of his ancestors and their reciprocal relationship to whales. We also follow two female botanists as they raft down the Grand Canyon in an attempt to make the first recorded, botanical survey of the region. Elsewhere, a FEMA contractor’s incompetence in translating Alaska Native languages shows systemic problems. In a Colorado coal town, the discovery of a 74 million-year-old fossil brings a new kind of tourism. A team of epidemiologists in Washington prepares for climate change. In Wyoming, off-rez hunting is under scrutiny. Is the Behren’s silverspot butterfly valuable enough to save? Climate change refugia can shelter wildlife if the planet doesn’t warm too much. And finally, we check in with Debra Magpie Earling on her new novel, learn about the importance of good ice for hunting in coastal Alaska and think on the meaning of ‘new animism.’
Feature
In the 1930s, two women risked their lives to record a scientific survey of the region’s plants.
Reportage
In Washington, a new team of epidemiologists is preparing for a hotter, smokier future.
A FEMA contractor’s incompetence in Alaska Native languages highlights a systemic problem.
In Wyoming, everybody wants influence over off-rez hunting — and nobody’s happy.
The 74 million-year-old fossil of Walter the hadrosaur brings paleo-tourism to Craig, Colorado.
In 2020, the population count of the Behren’s silverspot was zero. That didn’t stop Clint Pogue.
Editor's Note
How understanding our past can strengthen our future.
Facts & Figures
Scientists look to identify, map and preserve climate change refugia.
Essays
In coastal Western Alaska, wildlife and humans alike rely on good, thick ice.
‘New animism’ seeks a connection to nature’s pulse.
Poetry
A poem by Garrett Hongo.
Review
Acclaimed Indigenous author Debra Magpie Earling returns with a new novel.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
#iamthewest
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
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