We need to care for the priced-out average worker or something is bound to break.
Writers on the Range
Writers on the Range was a project of High Country News from 1998 to 2018. It is now an independent nonprofit organization.
There’s economic development in reclaiming coal mines and plugging idled wells.
The president-elect has an opportunity to rebuild better than before.
Climate change should be seen as a number one priority.
Too many people and too much poop.
It’s time to create an Irrigation Reserve Program.
Why a decisive societal response is needed.
As coal continues to fade, Pueblo, Colorado, looks to renewables for a new economy.
Even orange peels be damned — don’t toss your food on the trail.
Immigration raids threaten the $10 billion dairy industry in the Gem State.
A ‘livestock-friendly’ industry has massive problems, from groundwater contamination to greenhouse gas emissions.
A company is cashing in on prized public lands by fleecing American taxpayers.
Meet Al Larsen, a citizen scientist with decades of meticulous records of the West’s bluebirds.
Shrinking snowpacks and low waterways will affect everyone from tourists to farmers.
From reversing mitigation policies to opening our public lands to oil and gas drilling, the insults keep mounting.
Will our citizens muster the political will needed to save killer whales and the chinook that sustain them?
In Ashland, Oregon, an equine sanctuary fills the gap left by irresponsible owners.
Converting rails to trails can hurt economies and make it harder to battle blazes.
Westerners must fight for the right to roam in the age of ‘stand your ground’ laws.
With wildfires looming, Flagstaff came together to support national forest closures.
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