Neil Gorsuch’s background in Indian law and Western issues could be useful to tribal litigants.
What Trump’s Supreme Court pick holds for Indian Country
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What fire researchers learned from California’s blazes
In California, land managers use fire as a tool.
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Proper fire funding continues to elude Congress
Nearly everyone agrees it’s important. So what’s the hold-up?
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Oregonians experiment with a new model to prevent megafire
A collaborative community-based project tackles overgrown forests.
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In a burning West, wildfire smoke threatens public health
Montana hospitals handled an increase of respiratory-related problems this year.
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Ancestral Pueblo logging practices could save New Mexico pinelands
Researchers look to the past to better fight fire.
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It’s not only trees — wildfires imperil water too
Sediment-choked watersheds and erosion could become more frequent as wildfire activity grows.
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The lens of time
The “books in the wild” theme brings back lovely memories (“Wild reading,” HCN, 11/13/17). What better companion than a book when weather locks you into a tent for hours by yourself? Books don’t take up much space, don’t smell or snore. I lean towards the classics: Plutarch, Livy, Thucydides, et al. Not only are they […]
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Serving — and earning — on public lands
In the recent article “The Changing Face of Woods Work” (HCN, 10/30/17), the author describes the challenge of putting young Americans to work in the woods. Though the article was well-written, the author did not mention that there is indeed a new generation of Americans hungry to work outside, to rebuild and care for our […]
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Why Western wildfires are getting more expensive
This year’s fire season was the costliest on record, burning more than 9 million acres.
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Car-eating marmots; poacher ring bust-up; a Tofurky surprise
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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‘Will my tears cool the ash?’
A firefighter contemplates the fire season.
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A ‘selfish’ decision
As neighbors evacuated, one family stayed behind.
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We need a better social contract with wildfire
The 2017 fire season has made it clear our current policies don’t work.
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The season of celebrating begins, and a holiday party
The staff enjoy a long holiday with feasts and adventure.
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Border lite
Weaponized landscape or great place to drink Tecate? The tone of this piece is way out of whack with the story it purports to tell: how author Francisco Cantú transformed himself from a (brutal? we never find out) Border Patrol cop to a teacher, writer and (we are led to believe) sympathizer with those he […]
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The geography of the Southwest, painted and illuminated
An artist of Kiowa and Caddo descent blends traditional and modern styles.
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Nothing about future fires is guaranteed
Except that they will come.
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Beset by drones; disappearing orcas; covering Indian Country
HCN.org news in brief.
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A monumental blow to tribes
Trump’s decision to shrink Bears Ears reopens wounds that Obama sought to heal.