2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (83+ words) High Country News Consultation does not equal consent. We cannot drink oil or money. by Clark Tenakhongva, High Country News May 22, 2026 Clark Tenakhongva was born in Keams Canyon, Arizona, in 1957 and raised in the Third Mesa village of Hotevilla. His…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (192+ words) Mountain Journal, Montana Free Press and High Country News are pleased to announce the hire of reporter Nick Mott to cover the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and associated public lands, wildlife, water and rural community impact. The role is in partnership…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (795+ words) Before the Trump administration decided the country urgently needed to erect a hulking steel wall in southern New Mexico's Bootheel, only a three-strand barbed wire fence separated the United States from Mexico in this arid stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (791+ words) Andy Rice is perhaps the last person you'd expect to care about mountain lions. A sheep herder near Boulder, Utah, he said that over the past decade, mountain lions " also called cougars " have killed about 100 of his sheep, costing him…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (184+ words) The Bureau of Indian Affairs is facing a significant overhaul, including further staff cuts, according to a statement from a tribal leader during a congressional hearing last week about federal funding for Indigenous communities for fiscal year 2027. "We urge the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (427+ words) This story was produced by Public Domain and is co-published here by permission. In August 2022, Karen Budd-Falen, a private attorney at the time who now serves as the third highest-ranking official at the Interior Department, sent a 53-page appeal challenging…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (979+ words) High Country News Stay informed about the West. In our corner of the desert Southwest, it's been spring since the fall. The spell of October's chinchweed marked the unexpected start of a second spring that I didn't think would last…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1786+ words) At the end of a dirt road along the northeastern edge of Montana's Crazy Mountains, a simple sign warns visitors they are now entering private property." "The fate of our public lands and our rights are in jeopardy right now,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (392+ words) Over the course of his long life, media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner bought vast stretches of land in Colorado, New Mexico, Montana and Nebraska and managed them for conservation. That work is expected to continue, even after Turner's death…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (440+ words) The Gulf of California, just four hours from my home in Tucson, Arizona, is a wonderful place to escape to during hot landlocked summers. We know little about them: Adults can reach five feet and frequent shallow coastal waters, eating…...