Tracy Stone-Manning discusses how the federal agency sees conservation, the climate crisis and the Indigenous history of public lands.
Cows, coal and climate change: A Q&A with the new BLM director
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Redlined neighborhoods have double the oil and gas wells
A new study shows how fossil fuels and structural racism collide.
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The High Country News time capsule
What’s left behind when the pandemic forces an office closure?
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Dixie Valley toad gets rare emergency protection
5 years after its discovery, the amphibian is now protected from a geothermal development.
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Powell’s looming power problem
Drought and demand threaten a critical component of the Western grid.
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Cleanup of abandoned uranium mines creates a demand for workers
A growing industry for environmental remediation needs a local workforce with the right training.
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For cannabis farms, ecosystem science is scarce
An interview with an ecologist studying the West’s emerging, and rarely researched, industry.
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How the economy of Indian Country impacts local communities
A ‘stealth’ economy for tribes often hides billions of dollars in jobs, growth and revenue.
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A Q&A with Paisley Rekdal, HCN’s new poetry editor
‘Poetry offers a different way of seeing the world.’
Posted inApril 1, 2022: The Archives Issue
A mystery worm is threatening the future of Washington’s oysters
Clues from 1,000-year-old shells could reveal the parasite’s past —and portend the future.
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Hungry, habituated bears; viral pirates; truffle snuffers
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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How a California archive reconnected a New Mexico family with its Chinese roots
Aimee Towi Mae Tang’s Chinese American family never talked about the past. She decided to change that.
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How we know what we know about the past
The collected and preserved can give us a window into history.
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What’s wrong with the Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum and Preserve?
Archival documents reveal the true origins of a popular Colorado tourist attraction.
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Reflections from Ukrainian and Russian immigrants: Roman and Stella
Southern California residents wrestle with events unfolding back home in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Interior is pushing states to replace derogatory place names with colonial ones
In Washington, 18 place names with the ‘sq—’ slur are being changed to names like ‘Columbia.’ State officials say that’s not good enough.
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Reflections from Ukrainian and Russian immigrants: Kira and Iryna
Southern California residents wrestle with events unfolding back home in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Posted inApril 1, 2022: The Archives Issue
Schussing through time
A Utah library holds a comprehensive archive commemorating ski sports.
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Reflections from Ukrainian and Russian immigrants: Dmytro and Pavel
Southern California residents wrestle with events unfolding back home in the Russia-Ukraine war.