Sarah Gilman
Sarah has covered the West's natural resources, politics and people since 2006. She writes and draws from Portland, Oregon. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Hakai Magazine, BioGraphic, Adventure Journal Quarterly and others. She was a staff and contributing editor at High Country News for 11 years. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado and has spent most of her adult life in small towns in the Rockies, studying white-crowned sparrows, reporting for newspapers and magazines and working on a trail crew. Her favorite tool — from her days building steps and retaining walls on the slopes of Mount Massive outside Leadville — is the double jack. These days, she's also especially partial to her 8-lb. maul.
What we give up in so-called sacrifice zones.
Industry and environmentalists compromised on the embattled Colorado mesa.
Operators must install low or no-bleed valves on tanks to curb venting into the air.
Industry and conservationists reach a deal to protect tens of thousands of acres.
Can officials greenlight booming development and clean up the air at the same time?
How a gigantic federal bureaucracy is positioning itself to manage resources at a “landscape” level.
New oil and gas ‘codebook’ aims to help the public muddle through the fracking debate
Photographs of people and places in flux.
A Pulitzer for a Colorado writer, visitors to HCN and a correction.
A new film explores a growing movement to remove dams that have outlived their usefulness.
A beloved assistant editor changes roles, an editor receives an award and visitors stroll in.
Will an eight-week long experimental flood help restore an ecosystem?
A handy pamphlet on how to dig out from a tumbleweed takeover of sci-fi proportions.
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DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST 
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