The Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists, a Tucson nonprofit, made a video about nurse trees — native ones like mesquites, ...

U.S. Forest Service stock animals are indispensable to trail work on public lands in the West. Trump’s radical upheaval is accelerating the death of a dying art.

They soon learned that the institution was notorious for refusing to return Indigenous items, in open violation of NAGPRA. “The problem with NAGPRA was that it had no teeth,” said Gonzalez. The ...

Volunteers sacrifice time, energy and money to help mustangs removed from the range find homes. Can they convince people to take them?

Stay informed about the West. High Country News’ weekly email newsletters keep you up-to-date with our latest news and investigations from across the region. Last fall, a Clallam County ...

Making a home is a journey across time and space. At first, I heard the noises at night — a stairstep creaking, the rattle of a window, soft skittering across the floor. In bed, I would lie awake in ...

Stay informed about the West. High Country News’ weekly email newsletters keep you up-to-date with our latest news and investigations from across the region. Commercially picked berries have ...

In August 2023, the judge ruled against the state, which appealed to the Montana Supreme Court. When the court affirmed the ruling in December, Held became the first case in the country in which youth ...

This article appeared in the April 2025 print edition of the magazine with the headline “#IAMTHEWEST.” ...

Cheaper renewables and natural gas began edging out nuclear generation; the San Onofre nuclear plant near San Diego shut down in 2012, and Diablo Canyon near San Luis Obispo was slated for retirement ...