Ollie Hancock, 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, 08 Mar 2024 22:40:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Ollie Hancock, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 (Re)name that bird! Now’s your chance https://www.hcn.org/articles/rename-that-bird-nows-your-chance/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 22:00:32 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=323272

The American Ornithological Society is renaming dozens of birds and wants the public’s help.

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]]> 323272 ‘We recognize the sentience in other things’ https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-1/i-am-the-west-we-recognize-the-sentience-in-other-things/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/i-am-the-west-we-recognize-the-sentience-in-other-things/

#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.

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]]> 321378 Pro skier Lily Bradley disrupts mountain culture in new queer ski film https://www.hcn.org/articles/recreation-pro-skier-lily-bradley-disrupts-mountain-culture-in-new-queer-ski-film/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/recreation-pro-skier-lily-bradley-disrupts-mountain-culture-in-new-queer-ski-film/ Freeskier Lily Bradley in the new ski film, “People Like Us.”

In ‘People Like Us,’ LGBTQ+ skiers take center stage.

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]]> 203184 California’s affordable housing contested under the guise of environmentalism https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-11/housing-californias-affordable-housing-contested-under-the-guise-of-environmentalism/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/housing-californias-affordable-housing-contested-under-the-guise-of-environmentalism/

In Eureka, the California Environmental Quality Act is used to target projects that benefit low-income people.

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]]> 225787 Historic climbing magazine returns after nearly 30 years https://www.hcn.org/articles/media-historic-climbing-magazine-returns-after-nearly-30-years/ Fri, 13 Oct 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/media-historic-climbing-magazine-returns-after-nearly-30-years/ Summit Magazine, through the years.

‘The Summit Journal’s’ editor hopes to offer an independent voice in climbing media after most print publications merged

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]]> 198367 What are the real impacts on Burning Man’s playa? https://www.hcn.org/articles/desert-what-are-the-real-impacts-on-burning-mans-playa/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/desert-what-are-the-real-impacts-on-burning-mans-playa/ Tribal Chairman James Phoenix said that Burning Man creates challenges for the nearby Paiute Pyramid Lake Tribe, including low-flying aircraft dipping into the water of Pyramid Lake.

Viral attention on Black Rock City’s annual festival highlight environmental consequences.

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]]> 193343 Q&A: Sacramento Homeless Union fights to end encampment sweeps during extreme heat https://www.hcn.org/articles/housing-q-a-sacramento-homeless-union-fights-to-end-encampment-sweeps-during-extreme-heat/ Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/housing-q-a-sacramento-homeless-union-fights-to-end-encampment-sweeps-during-extreme-heat/ Members of the Sacramento Homeless Union during an action in Sacramento, California.

Activists are invoking emergency legal measures to protect unhoused communities.

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