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Posted inSeptember 1, 2021: Where Wolves May Tread
Welcoming our newest interns and fellows
Thanks to generous readers, we host our largest cohort ever.
Posted inAugust 1, 2021: A Mega-Dairy Comes to the Desert
Our never boring board
Departures and additions to our honor-worthy volunteers.
Posted inApril 1, 2021: Holding Fast
Looking for leaders
Our thanks to retiring board members and a quest for new people to help the organization set course.
Posted in2020
Farewell to HCN’s editor-in-chief
After five years at the helm, Brian Calvert is off to the next big thing.
Posted inMarch 16, 2020: Wiring the Wild
An old colleague — and a new executive director
High Country News gets a new trail guide.
Posted inFebruary 1, 2020: How One Woman Took a Stand Against Tribal Disenrollment and Paid For It
Who has access to the West?
… and how does it change our views of this place?
Posted inDecember 9, 2019: Party Favors
High Country News gets an overhaul
The magazine refreshes its brand and frequency as we plunge into the future.
Posted inOctober 14, 2019: Severed Ties
The time is right for new leadership at HCN
As the organization enters its 50th year, we prepare for the future.
Posted inSeptember 2, 2019: In Bad Faith
California’s contradictions embody the West
From progressive policies to bumper-to-bumper traffic, the Golden State is larger than a sum of its parts.
Posted inJuly 21, 2019: A Radical Return
Development in Bozeman and the basin
The West continues to morph from growth and climate change.
Posted inJune 10, 2019: 'None of this happened the way you think it did'
On the Road to 50: Stitching the Northwest back together
The past, present and future of the West, and HCN’s coverage of the region.
Posted inMay 13, 2019: Atomic Tourists
On the Road to 50: A grand beginning
It’s a dangerous and promising time. HCN seeks to tell the many stories of the West.
Posted inApril 15, 2019: Scene of the Crime
The persistent trampling of the West
Environmental laws are one way to force people to consider their actions.
Posted inMarch 18, 2019: Arizona's Wild Horse Paradox
The West is large enough to host contradictions
Embrace incongruity, both domesticated and the wonderfully wild.
Posted inDecember 10, 2018: Critical Mass
Nuclear’s long odds
Climate change is here, but nuclear power as a solution faces economical and historical challenges.
Posted inOctober 29, 2018: When your neighborhood goes BOOM
Can two quintessential Western booms co-exist?
The friction between Colorado’s growing population and gas-drilling infrastructure remains explosive, sometimes literally.
Posted inOctober 15, 2018: Nature Retreat
Ed Marston’s fierce love transformed the West
How the man who ‘just wanted to write’ created an institution.
Posted inSeptember 17, 2018: The Pioneer of Ruin
In a desolate place, will a modern pioneer last?
There are many ways a determined outsider can transform a place.
Posted inAugust 31, 2018: The Big Threat to Bighorns
When a lie is a lie
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is trying to incite fear and hate, rather than solve complex problems.