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@highcountrynews.orgEnvironmental work being done by tribes across the country will be made more difficult now that the Trump administration has more narrowly defined ‘harm.’
@highcountrynews.orgReporting illuminates the moment we’re in and records where we’ve been.
@highcountrynews.orgAlaska officials accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting but finally dropped those charges this month.
@highcountrynews.orgWhen thousands of these birds roost together, some consider it a nuisance. But can we learn to live with them?
@highcountrynews.orgSome populations of scarlet monkeyflowers can evolve fast enough to save themselves from climate change-induced drought. This is the first time researchers have documented evolutionary “self-rescue” in the wild.
@highcountrynews.orgAt a Colorado cold lab, scientists race to better understand hail in a warming world.
@highcountrynews.orgMishaps and mayhem from around the region.
@highcountrynews.orgExperts say good education is about relationships – and a constitutional amendment doesn’t hurt.
@highcountrynews.orgAfter a 71-day protest, the last of the 100-plus-year-old trees was cut down southeast of Tucson.
@highcountrynews.orgA state investigation shines light on the unpermitted fire, which cost nearly $950,000 to contain.
@highcountrynews.orgThe longest-running study on breeding ducks has given Montana state biologists the highest-resolution dataset to aid in the bird’s survival.
@highcountrynews.orgClimate change is increasing the frequency of the blooms. Here’s what you need to know.
@highcountrynews.orgThe Trump administration’s interpretation of “harm” under the ESA could devastate the recovery of imperiled species, many which have cultural,spiritual and relational meaning and importance for tribal citizens.
@highcountrynews.orgOrigin stories from an unsettled region.
@highcountrynews.orgReporting illuminates the moment we’re in and records where we’ve been.
@highcountrynews.orgExperts say good education is about relationships – and a constitutional amendment doesn’t hurt.
@highcountrynews.orgDoug Burgum was once seen as a conservationist. Reality shows otherwise.
@highcountrynews.orgThe impacts will reverberate through recreation, river ecology and local tribes.
@highcountrynews.orgClimate change is increasing the frequency of the blooms. Here’s what you need to know.
@highcountrynews.orgSome stories refuse to stay in the past. Our October issue is out and we’re resurrecting 3️⃣ stories from the archives that offer some surprising context for the West we’re living in now.
