Or, how to put yourself in the path of joy.
Jennifer Sahn
Jennifer Sahn is the editor-in-chief of High Country News.
Posted inOctober 2025: Limits to Growth
A season of grizzlies and get-togethers
We’ve filled our time with gatherings and awards.
Posted inOctober 2025: Limits to Growth
Give yourself a break
On the necessity of recharging the spirit in order to keep fighting.
Posted inSeptember 2025: Who Controls Our Food?
What’s behind your fork?
High Country News and the Food & Environment Reporting Network ventured to find out.
Posted inAugust 2025: Fire Culture
Be on the side of life
Our tumultuous times have presented us with a simple choice.
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
The importance of getting out there
Let’s remember what sustains and connects us.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
Don’t turn away from news
You can’t protect the people, places and things you love if you don’t know that they are threatened.
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
Whatever happened to caring about future generations?
Selling off public land and canceling climate research are crimes against our descendants.
Posted inApril 2025: A Monumental Reckoning
Protest is another form of love
The patriotic duty of showing up for the land and its stewards.
Posted inIssues
Love fiercely despite the tidal wave of injustice
In the midst of a constitutional crisis, caring is more necessary than ever.
Posted inIssues
There’s more than one kind of migrant
Like LA’s new climate refugees, immigrants also deserve respect.
Posted inJanuary 2025: The West's Most Wanted
Leave it better than you found it
How to not let things deteriorate.
Posted inDecember 2024: Land as Reparations
We will not be intimidated
It’s more important than ever for us to be truth-tellers.
Posted inNovember 2024: The Once and Future Prairie
There’s a long journey ahead, no matter who wins
Conserve your energy and focus on doing the least harm.
Posted inOctober 2024: Latino Vote
Election blues and reds and greens
Democracy lessons from the high country.
Posted inSeptember 2024: When Migrants Go Missing
Can we rely on public officials to keep us safe?
It’d be nice to think so.
Posted inAugust 2024: In the Wake of the Floods
Tear it down
Turning retired industrial landscapes into open space.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
On wild hearts and wilderness
Why protecting places matter.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
The era of dam removal is here
Bringing down the Klamath dams allows for cultural revitalization among the Klamath tribes.