Thirty-seven wolves died in Washington in 2024, including four killed for preying on livestock, one by a cougar, one dying ...

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Aguilar’s portraits captured her harmony with nature, blurring the line between human and desert. As a naturist, I’ve been drawn to her nude imitations of rocks, trees and wind. What knowledge do we ...

If you could walk the ocean floor off the coast of Cape Arago in Oregon in the summer, you’d find yourself in the mysterious green depths of a forest of kelp. Look up, and youd ...

As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, what with truck nuts and all, another threat arises, this time from an “Albuquerque man caught smuggling meat across the border — again,” Albuquerque ...

Cal Solar has been installing panels on homes and businesses in Grass Valley and surrounding Nevada County for the past 25 years. In 2019, it became a worker-owned cooperative, and Ortegren went from ...

In her May 2025 editor’s note (“ The social contract ”) Jennifer Sahn said that transferring public land, or any “public good,” to private hands should be considered “un-American.” As a student of ...

Lisa Elmaleh is an analog photographer, teacher and humanitarian. She has been active in the migrant justice community since 2020 and is the recipient of a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship. High Country ...

Some people stuck at the U.S.-Mexico border are forced to risk their lives attempting to cross the desert. High Country News ’ weekly email newsletters keep you up-to-date with our latest news and ...

You can’t protect the people, places and things you love if you don’t know that they are threatened.

The members of the High Country News Board of Directors recently welcomed Chris Winter to their ranks. Chris is an attorney and heads the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the ...

HCN prides itself on delving into messy news stories, and in this issue, we do so quite literally, digging into the garbage business via a controversial proposed landfill in Oregon. Life at the Forest ...