Rico Moore, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Fri, 16 Feb 2024 23:23:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Rico Moore, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 How the Colville Tribes are restoring traditional lands and wildlife https://www.hcn.org/articles/how-the-colville-tribes-are-restoring-traditional-lands-and-wildlife/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322562

The tribes are re-establishing native species wiped out by systematic colonization.

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]]> 322562 Seattle proposes fish passage on its dams https://www.hcn.org/articles/fish-seattle-proposes-fish-passage-on-its-dams/ Fri, 05 May 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/fish-seattle-proposes-fish-passage-on-its-dams/ The braided channels of the Skagit River, which were created by sediments washed down the river, are vital juvenile salmon habitat. The dams on the river have starved the lower river of sediments.

The Upper Skagit Tribe has been pushing for the move for years.

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]]> 194782 Did salmon actually use the Skagit River before the Seattle dams were built? https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-dams-did-salmon-actually-use-the-skagit-river-before-the-seattle-dams-were-built/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2022/12/20/did-salmon-actually-use-the-skagit-river-before-the-seattle-dams-were-built/

The public utility’s license renewal to operate the dams centers on the answer to this question.

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]]> 95877 How a Tacoma gas facility started a fight over climate change, sovereignty and human rights https://www.hcn.org/issues/54-3/indigenous-affairs-energy-industry-how-a-tacoma-gas-facility-started-a-fight-over-climate-change-sovereignty-and-human-rights/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2022/02/25/how-a-tacoma-gas-facility-started-a-fight-over-climate-change-sovereignty-and-human-rights/

A Washington methane gas project is compounding a crisis of tribal consultation, pension funds and national immigration practices.

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]]> 121605 The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe calls on Seattle to remove the Gorge Dam https://www.hcn.org/issues/53-8/indigenous-affairs-dams-the-upper-skagit-indian-tribe-calls-on-seattle-to-remove-the-gorge-dam/ Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2021/07/16/the-upper-skagit-indian-tribe-calls-on-seattle-to-remove-the-gorge-dam/

The tribe is pushing to protect their way of life.

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]]> 121359 Alliance transcends boundaries to conserve cougars https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-wildlife-researchers-and-tribes-in-washington-transcend-boundaries-for-cougars/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2020/06/22/alliance-transcends-boundaries-to-conserve-cougars/

Tribes of Washington and researchers work together to strengthen the relationship between cougars and the land.

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]]> 95978 Brave and bravo! https://www.hcn.org/issues/51-4/letter-to-the-editor-brave-and-bravo/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2019/03/04/brave-and-bravo/ Integrating this form (comics/graphic novel) into a journalistic outlet is brave; it opens up a lot, formally. By amplifying an Indigenous storyboard, HCN is strengthening its adaptive ability to meaningfully respond to the myriad challenges we face, further opening the possibility of a magazine that enacts the actual context of the West, whose past, present, and future […]

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]]> 120348 My great American family https://www.hcn.org/articles/essays-my-great-american-family/ Fri, 18 Jan 2019 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2019/01/18/my-great-american-family/

And why we have a right to be here.

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