By making our national parks more welcoming to minorities, we realize the potential of “America’s Best Idea.”
Editor's Note
Climate fiction can help us imagine the impacts of climate change in a way that science journalism can’t.
Prison firefighters are severely underpaid. And they’re the lucky ones.
These are the stories other non-Native outlets don’t dare to touch.
Gallup’s challenge is to use its nascent recreation economy to benefit the entire community.
HCN readers get a kick out of their difficult travels in the West.
The Golden State's legacy in the Interior West is about to change.
Uncertainty about the effects of chemicals and environmental contaminants on human health often justifies lax regulation. Should it?
Two public lands and grazing stories as much about process and potential as on-the-ground changes.
Gritty, ongoing reportage delivers an important message: The fundamental problem with nuclear energy — its incredibly dangerous waste products — remains unsolved.
Why would any magazine editor include Los Angeles in a special issue on environmental sustainability?
The blue gum eucalyptus and its cousins are not especially invasive, making it harder to agree on their management.
When trees change due to the planet’s shifting climate, we change too.
Alaska’s Bristol Bay can teach us how to preserve what we still have and to restore what we’ve lost.
Converting an old mine to a physics lab in Lead, South Dakota, is just one example of how towns change directions due to deliberate actions as well as random chance.
Even as the Southwest teeters on the edge of a radically drier future, a rare opportunity to revive the Colorado River Delta has emerged in an agreement hashed out between Mexico, the U.S. and some of West's most powerful – and thirsty – water agencies.
The Fort Sill Apache want to build a casino in New Mexico, but established gaming tribes oppose their efforts.
This special books & essays issue considers the ways in which we use maps, literal and metaphoric, to understand a landscape.
A conservative movement embracing rooftop solar seems to be emerging.
The story behind this issue's cover feature, about a startling dinosaur discovery in Montana and ensuing scientific controversy.
Current conservation practices haven't helped the desert tortoise in the Mojave.
There are hints of progress in the long-lasting stalemate over some of Utah's -- and the world's -- most spectacular landscapes.
Latino farmworker communities in California's Central Valley suffer from polluted drinking water -- and High Country News can't ignore it.
Today's Featured Stories
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ORGANIZING AND TRAINING COORDINATOR Live in a spectacular part of the West and work with great people to build power and win! The Western Organization of Resource Councils is...
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - MONTANA WATERSHED COORDINATION COUNCIL About MWCC: The Montana Watershed Coordination Council (MWCC) is a dynamic network advancing the Watershed Approach to conservation across Montana. The Watershed Approach is a...
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Central Colorado Conservancy is seeking an innovative and dynamic Executive Director to build on growing regional impact within the current strategic plan. This is a...
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WESTERN MONTANA FIELD COORDINATOR 
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DIRECTOR, TEXAS WATER PROGRAMS The National Wildlife Federation seeks a Director to lead our water-related policy and program work in Texas, with a primary focus on NWF's signature Texas...
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PLANNING MANAGER - FORT COLLINS NATURAL AREAS
The City of Fort Collins is seeking an Environmental Planning Manager in the Natural Areas Department. The Department has an annual budget of approximately $13...
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Colorado Canyons Association seeks an Executive Director to join a motivated board of directors, an experienced staff, and a strong national following at an important...
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LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED FARMER
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CLIMATE EDUCATION & STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM MANAGER Great Old Broads for Wilderness seeks a wildly enthusiastic person to develop curriculum and educational, stewardship, and ecological restoration goals for a new grant-funded program.
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PROGRAM ASSOCIATE, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE, NOVO FOUNDATION
About NoVo Foundation NoVo Foundation acts from the original meaning of philanthropy: the love of humanity. The Foundation is dedicated to catalyzing a global social...
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SEEKING ORGANIC FARMER/RANCHER TENANT
Large garden, current garlic production, small cottage, barn cats, small herd of livestock, poultry flock; some experience necessary; Union, OR. Contact: [email protected]
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PERU: WEAVING WORDS & WOMEN ADVENTURE April 2020. A 13-day women-only immersion into the culture of Peru led by Page Lambert and True Nature Journeys. Includes Machu Picchu. Graduate credit available...
