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Posted inDecember 25, 2017: Bear Essentials
Glacier fires; nonsensical monument boundaries; alpine sublime
HCN.org news in brief.
Posted inDecember 11, 2017: Scorched Earth
Beset by drones; disappearing orcas; covering Indian Country
HCN.org news in brief.
Posted inDecember 11, 2017: Scorched Earth
The season of celebrating begins, and a holiday party
The staff enjoy a long holiday with feasts and adventure.
Posted inDecember 11, 2017: Scorched Earth
A ‘selfish’ decision
As neighbors evacuated, one family stayed behind.
Posted inDecember 11, 2017: Scorched Earth
‘Will my tears cool the ash?’
A firefighter contemplates the fire season.
Posted inDecember 11, 2017: Scorched Earth
In a burning West, wildfire smoke threatens public health
Montana hospitals handled an increase of respiratory-related problems this year.
Posted inNovember 27, 2017: Profit and Politics
Interior Department mired in investigations
Democrats vow to press the investigations while Zinke shrugs them off.
Posted inNovember 27, 2017: Profit and Politics
California, un estado de odio
Un ex-defensor de la supremacía de la raza blanca observa el aumento en los crímenes de odio
Posted inNovember 27, 2017: Profit and Politics
Threatened plants on state lands have few protections
Politics, land ownership and imperiled plants collide in New Mexico.
Posted inNovember 27, 2017: Profit and Politics
Republican infighting; Bundy trial delayed; Western climate report
HCN.org news in brief.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
Fee hike; 6 bills that erode the ESA; Water news matters
HCN.org news in brief.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
The Kumeyaay poet who’s disrupting nature poetry
Tommy Pico merges natural and personal history of the arid West from Brooklyn, New York.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
What are we fighting for?
Bell Prize winner: Through the trials of life, a young writer finds she’s fighting for our spirit.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
A map of language charted by Navajo philosophy
Esther Belin is trying to shape a uniquely Navajo way of writing.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
‘Helpless and culpable’ while fishing the pink’s peak run
2017 Bell Prize runner-up: A writer reflects on salmon as symbol.
Posted inArticles
Share your memories of the iconic Katie Lee
The Western author and activist died this week. Tell us what she meant to you.
Posted inOctober 30, 2017: The Changing Face of Woods Work
California ablaze; Las Vegas aftermath; Drying wells
HCN.org news in brief.
Posted inOctober 30, 2017: The Changing Face of Woods Work
Pledge allegiance to the Earth, not a flag
Raise up the vulnerable voices of the elderly, impoverished and the wild earth, too.
Posted inArticles
In memory of those who died in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting
Victims of the deadliest shooting in recent U.S. history spanned ages, demographics.