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High Country News is the nation's leading source of reporting on the Western United States. Through in-depth reporting, High Country News covers the West’s social, political and ecological issues.

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A compact with the Earth

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Managing predators from the sky • How to harness drones for conservation.

Crumpled Up

The great solar build-out • Public-land managers ponder where to allow utility-scale solar projects.

How states make money off tribal lands • To this day, 10 states own 1.6 million acres of land within 83 tribal nations’ reservations.

The complex case of growing native plants • As the use of native plants becomes more widespread, Indigenous communities could lose out.

The co-opting of cowboy poetry • And the story of one man who tried to reverse it.

What’s going on with natural gas exports? • The U.S. is the world’s largest exporter of LNG, but President Biden just paused new permits.

The Color of the River Is Light • Reflections on Barry Lopez.

These stories are bigger than all of us. But they begin and end with you, dear reader.

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Thank you, readers! • Your generous and dedicated support makes these pages possible.

Perilous Paths • For mule deer, pronghorn and elk, migration is a means of survival. But the routes they follow need protection.

Youth are leading the way on climate action • Grownups are falling down on the job.

Flying free • A grandfather’s artistry reveals the resilience of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II.

A border need not be a wall • An immigration journalist on confronting laws and encountering humanity.

Isn’t it romantic • One way of enjoying nature does not invalidate the many other ways.

Heard Around the West • Tips about Western oddities are appreciated and often shared in this column. Write heard@hcn.org.

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