Meet the scientists and conservationists fighting to save the Northwest’s forests from an invasive plant.
Horrible holly: A festive plant runs amok
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Letters to the editor, December 2023
Comments from readers.
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‘The most gratifying and impactful work I do is at the hyperlocal level’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
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Home for the holidays
I hope you and yours are having a happy holiday season. I’m relishing being settled with family and friends. The past few months have been a whirlwind, visiting donors, hanging out with readers, spending some quality time with High Country News staffers in Paonia, Colorado, and making a special side trip to Laramie, Wyoming. When […]
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Sagebrush Sasquatch, irritable elk and spiders that aren’t from Mars
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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A momentous trade illuminates what’s true
A writer hopes to prove that there’s real labor that goes into her craft.
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Take a toxic tour of the Great Salt Lake
Utah grapples with its future of industry around its dying inland sea.
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The epic history of the Endangered Species Act
The two-volume ‘Codex of the Endangered Species Act’ takes a long look back — and forward.
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The Endangered Species Act’s complicated legacy in Indian Country
The landmark law has served as both sword and shield.
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The Endangered Species Act by the numbers
Half a century of wins and losses.
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Does voluntary conservation work?
Can pre-listing conservation save the last native population of Arctic grayling in the Lower 48?
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How to not save a species
Has the speed of change outpaced the ability of environmental laws to make a difference?
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North Denver’s green space paradox
Will a billion-dollar infrastructure project heal a Colorado community — or displace its residents?
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[Antedesolate: On the Western Set of Pioneer Town, California: How to Be a Black Cowboy]
A poem by Jasmine Elizabeth Smith.
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Pondering public lands and the energy transition conundrum
Fighting the climate crisis will require difficult choices.
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Solutions to the gender pay gap for Native women may live at home
Entrepreneurship alongside one’s caregiving responsibilities can unlock opportunities and more income.
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We need to reframe our thinking about what’s wild
Why we should take a look from wildlife’s perspectives.
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Bozeman’s next mayor on housing, tattoos and the West
The 28-year-old mayor-elect, Joey Morrison, shares his plans for boosting community engagement and building neighborhoods for all Montanans.
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How the New Mexico whiptail became a gay icon
All members of the lizard species are female and reproduce asexually through a process called parthenogenesis.
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First direct cash assistance program exclusively for Indigenous parents launched
The Nest, a Washington nonprofit program, seeks to serve Native people during and after pregnancy.