Caroline Tracey, 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. Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:37:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Caroline Tracey, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 A cartography of loss in the Borderlands https://www.hcn.org/articles/a-cartography-of-loss-at-the-borderlands/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322630

Mexicali’s Colorado River Family Album documents what is no more.

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]]> 322630 As migration routes shift toward New Mexico, so does death https://www.hcn.org/issues/immigration-as-migration-routes-shift-toward-new-mexico-so-does-death/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/immigration-as-migration-routes-shift-toward-new-mexico-so-does-death/ The terrain surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border near Sunland Park, New Mexico, is treacherous. The soil is sandy and hard to walk through, and the topography varies.

Migrant deaths in the state have jumped from 2 to 109 in a few years.

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]]> 321331 How northern Mexico became a climate migration destination https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-7/south-climate-change-how-northern-mexico-became-a-climate-migration-destination/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/south-climate-change-how-northern-mexico-became-a-climate-migration-destination/ King’s neighborhood is not on the coast most popular with American expats, but it does have amenities like restaurants as well as houses that are higher-quality houses than many of her neighbors, according to King.

U.S. and Central American immigrants are converging in Baja California after disasters.

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]]> 226214 In search of answers at the Salton Sea https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-6/south-water-in-search-of-answers-at-the-salton-sea/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/south-water-in-search-of-answers-at-the-salton-sea/ Sulfide tablets, a notebook and other paraphernalia from the Salton Sea Community Science Program’s work in early April.

To protect air and water quality, shoreline residents become community scientists.

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]]> 226126 Can retiring farmland make California’s Central Valley more equitable? https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-agriculture-can-retiring-farmland-make-californias-central-valley-more-equitable/ Wed, 31 May 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/south-agriculture-can-retiring-farmland-make-californias-central-valley-more-equitable/

Planning for the future of groundwater also offers an opportunity to plan for climate justice.

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]]> 204046 How the tiny brine shrimp can help protect the Great Salt Lake https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-6/south-wildlife-how-the-tiny-brine-shrimp-can-help-protect-the-great-salt-lake/ Thu, 18 May 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/south-wildlife-how-the-tiny-brine-shrimp-can-help-protect-the-great-salt-lake/ Shayla Sissoko holds a microscope to the class brine shrimp.

A conversation with the sixth-grade activists behind Utah’s new state crustacean.

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]]> 226130 Navigating the new health-care deserts https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-4/south-public-health-navigating-the-new-health-care-deserts/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/south-public-health-navigating-the-new-health-care-deserts/

Post-Roe, startups help those seeking abortions shrink travel distances and carbon emissions.

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]]> 225974 Artist Cecilia Vicuña’s Sonoran Quipu reassembles the desert https://www.hcn.org/articles/ideas-review-artist-cecilia-vicunas-sonoran-quipu-reassembles-the-desert/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/ideas-review-artist-cecilia-vicunas-sonoran-quipu-reassembles-the-desert/ Installation view, Cecilia Vicuña: Sonoran Quipu, MOCA Tucson, 2023.

The installation at Tucson’s Museum of Contemporary Art is made from the landscape.

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]]> 196122 As extreme weather outpaces response, could crowdsourced data help? https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-climate-change-as-extreme-weather-outpaces-response-could-crowdsourced-data-help/ Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/south-climate-change-as-extreme-weather-outpaces-response-could-crowdsourced-data-help/ Crowd-sourced image of street flooding following a storm in 2018.

Tijuana’s Citizens’ Flood Monitor offers a model for data collection in the flood-affected West.

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]]> 204155 Cómo usar datos de colaboración colectiva para repensar los desastres naturales https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-climate-change-como-usar-datos-de-colaboracion-colectiva-para-repensar-los-desastres-naturales/ Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/south-climate-change-como-usar-datos-de-colaboracion-colectiva-para-repensar-los-desastres-naturales/ Foto que muestra una inundación en la calle en Tijuana compartida por uno de los participantes del proyecto

El Monitor Ciudadano de Inundaciones de Tijuana puede servir como modelo para la colección de datos en el oeste estadounidense impactado por las inundaciones.

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