The list of people who have served on HCN’s board of directors over the years is a truly remarkable one. It includes community and conservation leaders, scholars, award-winning authors and journalists ...

Editor’s note: On March 31, the U.S. Forest Service temporarily paused commercial huckleberry picking in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. See our coverage online.

Tejada recently spoke with High Country News about the contradictions of life in the Borderlands, the lessons of a less-militarized past, and the place that poetry and hope have in our current ...

You are the carpool that ferries toxic waste from around the world into Texas to be glued together with shiny materials and ...

During a discussion on the rights of Indigenous women at the United Nations Monday, a U.S. representative made a statement so ...

At this year’s largest gathering of global Indigenous leaders, activists and policymakers, Borderlands issues are expected to ...

For decades, immigrant communities have used the airwaves to educate and protect themselves in times of crisis.

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. Shadows cast 10 miles long as the ...

The Trump administration made cuts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which also halted a study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.

“Tribes have an important role in restoring buffalo for food sovereignty, culture and nutrition, but also for overall bison recovery,” he said.

I’m afraid of being stopped, of having my green card canceled for no reason and being sent back to Cuba; of having my undocumented friends deported; of using the real names of the people I’ve ...

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. Eight years ago, just a few weeks ...