What happens to a community when its sense of belonging begins to unravel?
Features
High Country News’ unlikely and remarkable origin story.
How a sacred object from the Pueblo of Acoma turned up at a Paris auction house, and how the tribe fought for its return.
Extremist pastors are using the COVID-19 pandemic to push their conservative religious ideologies.
‘The reality is that the machinery of growers is taken better care of than the lives of farmworkers.’
Drought, dread and family in the American Southwest.
For the first time, the largest tribe in California has one of its own to lead its legal battles.
A 2015 spill that turned the waterway orange is a reminder of mining’s disastrous legacy.
Social media is changing our relationship to risk, with deadly consequences.
A reporter staked a mining claim on former monument lands. You could, too.
The creation of an anti-public-lands hero.
How Veterans Stand squandered $1.4 million raised around the #NoDAPL protests.
Arctic people have been speaking with cetaceans for centuries — and scientists are finally taking note.
The Borderlands thrive on connections. What would it mean to sever them?
Indigenous activists try to quell a rising tide of oil and gas exploration in Chaco Canyon.
The world’s permafrost holds vast stores of carbon. What happens when it thaws?
How one Indigenous family is navigating two very different housing problems.
In the era of Trump, rural discontent settles in the state of Jefferson.
Can lessons from Vermont keep local agriculture alive?
In the McNeil River Sanctuary, bears and humans have learned to share the landscape.
In California, land managers use fire as a tool.
While a North Dakota national park is an oasis from drilling, a nearby state park is thrown open.
Politics, land ownership and imperiled plants collide in New Mexico.
Featured stories
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ELLIE SAYS IT'S SAFE! A GUIDE DOG'S JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE by Don Hagedorn. A story of how lives of the visually impaired are improved through the love and courage of guide dogs. Available on Amazon.
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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY All positions available: Sales Representative, Accountant and Administrative Assistant. As part of our expansion program, our University is looking for part time work from home...
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COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Position Title: Communications Associate Director Location: Flexible within the Western U.S., Durango, CO preferred Position reports to: Senior Communications Director The Conservation Lands Foundation (CLF)...
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MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER High Country News, an award-winning news organization covering the communities and environment of the Western United States, seeks a Major Gifts Officer to join our...
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VICE PRESIDENT, LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION Basic Summary: The Vice President for Landscape Conservation is based in the Washington, D.C., headquarters and oversees Defenders' work to promote landscape-scale wildlife conservation, focusing...
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BRISTOL BAY PROGRAM DIRECTOR Seeking a program director responsible for developing and implementing all aspects of the Alaska Chapter's priority strategy for conservation in the Bristol Bay region of...
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The National Bighorn Sheep Center is looking for an Executive Director to take us forward into the new decade with continued strong leadership and vision:...
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Powder Basin Watershed Council, based in Baker City, Oregon, seeks a new Executive Director with a passion for rural communities, water, and working lands....
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Powder River Basin Resource Council, a progressive non-profit conservation organization based in Sheridan, Wyoming, seeks an Executive Director, preferably with grassroots organizing experience, excellent communication...
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition, based in Ely, Nevada is looking for a new executive director to replace the long-time executive director who is retiring at...
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STEVE HARRIS, EXPERIENCED PUBLIC LANDS/ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY Comment Letters - Admin Appeals - Federal & State Litigation - FOIA -
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CARETAKER 2.0 acre homestead needing year-round caretaker in NE Oregon. Contact [email protected] for details.
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SEEKING PROPERTY FOR BISON HERD Seeking additional properties for a herd of 1,000 AUM minimum. Interested in partnering with landowners looking to engage in commercial and/or conservation bison ranching. Location...
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COPPER STAIN: ASARCO'S LEGACY IN EL PASO Tales from scores of ex-employees unearth the human costs of an economy that runs on copper.
