The connection between art and the American landscape offers new ways to advocate for lands.
A place for artists on public lands
Posted inArticles
Army Corps drops further DAPL environmental review
The reversal was expected following Trump’s executive order.
Posted inArticles
Journalist arrested amid Dakota Access protests
Jenni Monet’s jailing raises concerns about press freedom and the First Amendment.
Posted in2017
Drop excessive charges against journalist Jenni Monet
High Country News objects to the arrest of and excessive charges made against the Native American journalist.
Posted inFebruary 20, 2017: Overdosed
Latest: Participants in Nevada water hustle found guilty
The charges include criminal conspiracy and trespass.
Posted inArticles
The contradictions at the heart of the fight over methane rules
Why does industry oppose federal restrictions on emissions but aid states’ efforts?
Posted inArticles
What to read to prepare for the Bundys’ Nevada trial
The first of a trio of trials related to the 2014 standoff has started.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Will Big Rec leave Utah?; a heroic rescue; an ambling lynx
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Trump on energy; Obamacare numbers; guerilla archiving
HCN.org news in brief.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Toward understanding
I subscribed to HCN in the ’80s and ’90s. I enjoyed it because at that time HCN seemed to be somewhat more balanced. I can remember articles about farmers and others who were profiled positively for protecting the environment, yet still retaining farming as their livelihood. I find no balance at all in today’s HCN. […]
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
The Grand Canyon, like you’ve never seen it
An artist’s connection to the landscape through her paintings.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
River of healing
How a group of veterans found solace on the River of No Return.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Revisiting Malheur, one year after the occupation
The wildlife refuge system is more vulnerable than ever.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Our new interns have arrived
High Country News is building a new team and correcting old errors.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Naked in the desert
The sunburned, imperfect and deeper wild of the human body.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
How to see the urban wild
Practical advice for the nature-lonely city-dweller.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Hidden costs
Your article on the Dakota Access Pipeline was good as far as it went (“The twisted economics of the Dakota Access Pipeline,” HCN, 12/12/16). You omitted a very important issue that makes your assumptions incorrect. You are probably right in that there will be profit by someone from the pipeline installation. What you left out […]
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Young people are suing over climate change
The Constitution may hold the key to climate action.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Code of silence
I worked as a park ranger, one of the first woman hired into a state park system. I felt lucky and privileged that this career was even possible. Part of the package was fitting in with “the guys” (“How the Park Service is Failing Women,” HCN, 12/12/16). Countless times I bit my tongue with a […]
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Another wrong bird
Please relay my appreciation to author Michael Baughman for his essay on turkey vulture for Thanksgiving dinner (“Right holiday, wrong bird,” HCN, 12/26/16). I’m still laughing. When my boyfriend and I were duck hunting in the mid-’70s, I asked him if he’d ever tasted a mud duck. He hadn’t, so, being a curious type of […]