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Posted in2017
Drop excessive charges against journalist Jenni Monet
High Country News objects to the arrest of and excessive charges made against the Native American journalist.
Posted inArticles
The five biggest stories of 2016
From Sagebrush Rebels, to spills and surprise wins.
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More books essential to understanding the American West
Readers tell us their favorites from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
Posted inOctober 31, 2016: A Monumental Divide
The many landscapes of Bears Ears
See photos of the proposed national monument, ranging from meadows to cliffs.
Posted in2016
High Country News explores diversity and inclusion in the outdoors
Paonia, CO – As the push to transfer federal lands to private interests intensifies, and as an old guard of conservationists moves into the sunset, the green movement faces a critical question: Who will nurture and lead a new, more urban and racially diverse, generation to defend the country’s environment and lands? The answer can be found […]
Posted in2016
High Country News gives voice to women firefighters speaking out about harassment, abuse and sexism on the job
PAONIA, COLO. – High Country News, the nation’s leading source of reporting on the American West, just released the first feature in a continuing series of stories about women working in public-land agencies who are being harassed and abused by their male colleagues. Read the complete story here: hcne.ws/trial-by-fire (contact joann@hcn.org for free editor […]
Posted inMarch 21, 2016: Making Sense of Malheur
Clean Power jolt, East Coast meddling and shrinking wetlands
HCN.org news in brief.
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West Obsessed: What’s the deal with Wildlife Services?
For an agency that researches non-lethal predator control, they sure kill a lot of critters. HCN writers discuss an agency trying to rethink its role.
Posted inMarch 7, 2016: The Parks You Don't Know
Secrets of the National Park Service
Readers and staff speak out on surprising favorites.
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West Obsessed: What the heck is a Sagebrush Sheriff?
Behind a lot of anti-fed sentiment, you’ll find ‘constitutional’ peace officers. Here’s why that’s worrying.
Posted inFebruary 22, 2016: Fractured
A strong Western snowpack, sexual harassment in the Grand Canyon and leaky oil and gas production
HCN.org news in brief.
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Livestream from the Oregon occupation
The remaining occupiers and their supporters speak live as FBI closes in on the Malheur wildlife refuge.
Posted in2016
Rebellion Turns to Insurgency: Behind the Discontent in the West
Paonia, CO – Events like the January 2016 standoff at the Oregon Malheur Wildlife Refuge are becoming more commonplace in the West, amid hidden connections between the economic downturn, anti-government sentiment and a sprawling network of organizations, actors and movements. For the past six months, High Country News has been investigating this broader network, and has now issued […]
Posted inFebruary 2, 2016: Sagebrush Insurgency
Obama moves on coal and readers respond to Sagebrush coverage.
HCN.org news in brief.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2016: Sagebrush Insurgency
Sagebrush Insurgency connections
Connecting the dots within a vast right-wing network of militia members, state and local politicians, and others.
Posted inJanuary 25, 2016: The Forever War
Fracking illness reports, fisher release and the worth of permafrost
HCN.org news in brief.
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Forty years of Sagebrush Rebellion
The Oregon occupation, the 2014 Bundy standoff and many other stories are all related to a long-simmering movement.
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Which stories held your attention this year?
From the Animas to Washington wildfire, here are the stories that our readers spent most time on in 2015.