Veteran park service employees were involved in last year’s hunt, but one says he’s a victim of a federal ‘witch hunt.’
Corruption
Posted inApril 1, 2022: The Archives Issue
What’s wrong with the Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum and Preserve?
Archival documents reveal the true origins of a popular Colorado tourist attraction.
Posted inMay 1, 2021: Beauty and Biodiversity in the Borderlands
Investigation: Illegal cannabis operation looks for roots in Indigenous communities
High Country News and Searchlight New Mexico confirmed that Dineh Benally, who set up illegal ventures on the Navajo Nation, attempts new operations in South Dakota.
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What it took to investigate a suspicious town in the Mojave Desert
The creator of the 2020 podcast California City reflects on how she exposed deceptive desert land sales — from the outside.
Posted inAugust 1, 2020: Infectious Ideologies
New Mexico’s thin blurred line
Police in the state have long flirted with radical right-wing vigilantism.
Posted inNovember 25, 2019: Forever Mines
Feds give Navajo uranium contract to firm with sketchy past
A High Country News investigation finds the EPA awarded Tetra Tech a contract despite knowing its subsidiary had likely engaged in data manipulation, false reporting and profiteering.
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How the Trump administration is silencing science
Six ex-government scientists explain how they were made to bury climate science and why they decided to blow the whistle.
Posted inSeptember 2, 2019: In Bad Faith
The Mormon Church supplied tainted water to its members for years
Utah regulators turned a blind eye to faulty water systems at a girls’ summer camp, trusting the LDS Church would eventually fix the problem.
Posted inJuly 21, 2019: A Radical Return
Staffers allege misconduct at BLM’s busiest oil and gas office
Complaints to Interior’s Office of Inspector General reveal concerns that the Carlsbad Field Office broke laws to favor industry.
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New Wyoming coal company abandons mines and miners
State officials are picking up the pieces after Blackjewel goes belly up.
Posted inJune 10, 2019: 'None of this happened the way you think it did'
Survey finds few tribal governments allow press freedom
83% of respondents said stories about tribal government affairs often go unreported due to censorship.
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Zinke leaves unfinished business at the Interior Department
The questionable legality of the Trump administration’s aggressive deregulatory and development-friendly policies could end up being its undoing.
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What happened with your insurance after wildfire?
Help us investigate the opaque wildfire insurance industry by sharing your experience.
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Where are the Indigenous children who never came home?
An untold number of students at Carlisle Indian School disappeared. Tribal nations raise the stakes in search of answers.
Posted inAugust 31, 2018: The Big Threat to Bighorns
The casualties of Trump’s trade war
How ‘America First’ often puts the West last.
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Imperiled wildlife are caught in a political tug-of-war
The proposed bills and rule changes that would reshape the Endangered Species Act.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
GMO grass is creeping across Oregon
Missteps by agribusiness giants allowed the invasion. Now they’re off the hook for cleanup.
Posted inJune 11, 2018: Reclaiming the Klamath
Latest: Northwest timber poaching increases
Forest Service rangers manage to bust some tree thieves — but most still get away.
Posted inJune 11, 2018: Reclaiming the Klamath
Sage grouse shake-up alienates conservationists
Some back away from cooperating as trust in Interior wanes.
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Park Service releases complete climate change report
Following political pressure, references to humans’ role in sea level rise were restored.