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High Country News

November Vol. 58, No. 11
Magazine

High Country News is the nation's leading source of reporting on the Western United States. Through in-depth reporting, High Country News covers the West’s social, political and ecological issues.

High Country News

Change comes to the Chiricahuas

RECENT STORIES AT HCN.ORG

LETTERS • High Country News is dedicated to independent journalism, informed debate and discourse in the public interest. We welcome letters through digital media and the post. Send us a letter, find us on social media, or email us at editor@hcn.org

Funding a greener Eugene • A ballot measure in the Oregon city could provide millions of dollars for climate-resilience projects.

The snow fence is a Wyoming icon • The hubris and ingenuity behind a life-saving structure.

Dryout in the Grand Canyon • The impacts will reverberate through recreation, river ecology and local tribes.

What California owes for Native land • In 1972, the state told Native families it would pay them 47 cents an acre.

COMMUNITY PAGES

HIDDEN WATERS • AN ARTIST CHRONICLES THE SOUTHWEST’S DISAPPEARING WATERS.

AFTER THE BARB • The promises and pains of de-wiring the West.

Sweat yourself clean • Getting immersed in the Yup’ik sauna tradition.

Advice for a fractured world • Freaked out about everything? Aileen Keown Vaux has a poem for you.

Heard Around the West • Tips about Western oddities are appreciated and often shared in this column. Write heard@hcn.org.

#IAM THE WEST

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