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LETTERS • High Country News is dedicated to independent journalism, informed debate and discourse in the public interest. We welcome letters through digital media and the post. Send us a letter, find us on social media, or email us at editor@hcn.org.
A wave of green colonialism • How a hydropower storage facility on Yakama lands is perpetuating Manifest Destiny.
Get to know the whitebark pine • This threatened tree feeds and shelters the high country.
Phoenix and bust • Black Americans are moving to Arizona’s largest city in historic numbers. Not all are finding what they came for.
What it’s like to build a road of ice • The Kuskokwim River ice road in Alaska is a lifeline for communities outside the highway system.
Can camera traps relieve our species’ loneliness? • A community science project reintroduces humans to their fellow mammals.
Wherefore O Birds and Small Fish Surround Me • Roethke, “Praise to the End!”
Western train travel, once and future • The 1920s were a public-transit heyday.
CALL FOR ART & ARTISTS
You love the West. • Now you can help the next generation know its peaks and valleys.
Thank you, readers! • Your generous and dedicated support makes these pages possible.
Future-proofing HCN • Board and staff are at work on long-term plans for the organization.
‘Gold in the Hills, But Not for Us’ • Scenes from California’s backyard petroculture.
THE SENTINEL • What does a statue dedicated to the mothers of Butte, Montana, reveal about women’s rights?
Power outages are a life-and-death issue • Utilities should take action to protect people with disabilities.
Etchings on the landscape • Yosemite is marked by histories both political and personal.
Say rabbit • Living on luck in pronghorn country.
Heard Around the West • Tips about Western oddities are appreciated and often shared in this column. Write heard@hcn.org.
How to get government records and what to do with them • Learn about the role public records play in High Country News’ reporting and inspiring change across the West — and how you can play a part!
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