A defunct bridge near Osburn, Idaho, has been repurposed as a wildlife crossing over busy Interstate 90. buff.ly/I1U00bT

🚨 Tomorrow! Indigenous photographers: join us at 11 a.m. MT for tips on freelancing + working with HCN. Free event w/ @tailyrirvine.bsky.social, Bear Guerra & @clahchischiligi.bsky.social Register here ➡️ buff.ly/ftMGXen

The Chinese immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad quietly endured racism and violence, fostering a complicated legacy for Chinese-Americans.

In Doña Ana County, New Mexico, residents have long struggled to access clean water. Now, developers plan to spend $165 billion on a massive data center complex.

Bureaucracy and budget constraints couldn’t stop CalPoly Humboldt’s Native American Studies Department from founding an Indigenous foods research lab.

Tech is facilitating land access in new, and sometimes fraught, ways. buff.ly/d3MewN1

Narsiso Martinez aims to dignify farmworkers through his artwork.

Preserving forests is one of the best things we can do to maintain a climate that is conducive to growing food. buff.ly/7fxsw7R

A wild marmot somehow hitched a ride inside the wheel well of a Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance field truck and ended up taking a three-hour road trip from a field near Minturn to Denver — quite an adventure for the fuzzy little chonk — who came out of it completely unharmed. buff.ly/4zEA2UJ

Thank you CCN for recognizing our @highcountrynews.org and @propublica.org investigation into how solar developers use for-profit archeologists to harm Indigenous cultures! 🏆🪶 Read the story here: www.hcn.org/issues/56-2/...

In this first-person column, Inupiaq writer Laureli Ivanoff describes how cutting salmon with her family on the Unalakleet River, Alaska, reminder her that she belongs, and that working together is the cornerstone of everything that gives meaning in life. buff.ly/zBJS84x

After oil companies go bust, the state is left paying to clean up abandoned wells, tanks, machinery and sludge pits, shares Capital & Main. buff.ly/e0MObUj

At Fourth World Farm, we have rematriated over 70 native species, which encourages the repopulation of the valley in and of itself; everything that has been erased gets to seed and go back out into the zone. #IAMTHEWEST buff.ly/IVMy5Sg

The House voted to nullify three Bureau of Land Management plans, and critics fear many more could follow. buff.ly/EkP6elK

Join freelance photographer, Tailyr Irvine, HCN Visuals Editor, Bear Guerra, and HCN’s Indigenous Affairs Editor, Sunnie Clahchischiligi on September 23, 2025 at 11a.m. MT for an informative conversation about freelancing and collaborating with HCN.

The Native American Studies department at Cal Poly Humboldt fought an uphill battle to establish the California State University system’s first food sovereignty lab. It was the result of student initiative, community involvement, and a shapeshifting approach to learning. buff.ly/n29N5IU

A study this summer, led in partnership between the Yakama Nation, Heritage University and Northwest Indian College, is the first to document the presence of an invasive fruit fly in huckleberry fields on tribal land. buff.ly/llJ0GJu

“No other corporation in history has ever amassed this degree of control over the U.S. food system.”

After Trump threatened Canada, a writer discovers the uncertainty of the state’s food supply chain.

The Trump administration is turning environmentalists’ legal playbook against them.

How post-9/11 policy and immigration enforcement reshaped meatpacking - and the West. This @highcountrynews.org & @thefern.org investigation digs into how meatpacking's increasing reliance on refugee labor created an escalating crisis for the industry - and the small towns where plants are based.

Residents of Santa Teresa and Sunland Park, New Mexico, struggle to access clean water — but their county wants to bring a $165 billion data center campus to town. buff.ly/CjZMbVU

The Chinese immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad quietly endured racism and violence, fostering a complicated legacy for Chinese-Americans. buff.ly/tD8FyMR

Madrid was once a booming coal town. At radio camp, its youngest inhabitants had big questions about its past — and present.

Smartphone apps are facilitating access to private and public land in new, sometimes fraught ways. buff.ly/d3MewN1

As fire season ramps up, thousands of Forest Service firefighting positions are vacant.

when A & D come to dinner? Last time: minestrone and vegetable tart–roast asparagus and carrots on feta creamed with a clove of garlic on crisp baked pastry. Dessert? Those thin and crunchy gingersnaps with oats and buckwheat? What else? ✍️ A poem by Natasha Sajé.

As crops are harvested around the West and another growing season draws to a close, we are pleased to bring you this special issue on who holds power over your food.

The public has until September 19 to weigh in on the proposed rescission of the 2001 roadless rule on Forest Service land, a move that experts have said will harm the health and biodiversity of ecosystems. buff.ly/oMa9f05

Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities, shares Stateline. buff.ly/CicG9BT

JBS is the largest meatpacker in America; it is also dependent on refugees and asylum seekers. That unexpected reality emerged after the Swift Raids of 2006 deported a significant portion of the company’s workforce.

Powerful food interests in the West are putting profit ahead of the environment. @thefern.org

The Western Apache and a coalition of environmental groups have fought for years against the Resolution Copper mine, which would become one of the country’s largest at the cost of a site revered by the tribe.

The Department of Interior has such a wide-ranging set of duties that it’s sometimes referred to in Washington, D.C., as “the department of everything else.” It is now also the tip of the spear in the Trump administration’s war on renewables.

In California, Hawai’i and Washington, disaster survivors are forming community land trusts to protect their homes from speculation.

Collaboration and tiny technology are revolutionizing the study of migration.

Cody Robert’s new prosecution causes both relief and concern that another dark, hate-filled period looms.

Centering farmworkers is the impetus behind this vibrant and dignified body of artwork. @thefern.org

Madrid was once a booming coal town. At radio camp, its youngest inhabitants had big questions about its past — and present.

Chances are, the grocery store you shop at is owned by a large corporation even if the brand is regional. I had the pleasure of making some graphics about corporate consolidation in our food system for the September issue of High Country News. I hope this important subject receives more attention!

A political spat between the U.S. and Canada revealed the complex, precarious, and neglected reality of Alaska’s food supply chain. @thefern.org

Firefighters were caught in a pyro-vortex last month on the Deer Creek Fire.

Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities, shares Stateline. buff.ly/CicG9BT

The Department of Interior has such a wide-ranging set of duties that it’s sometimes referred to in Washington, D.C., as “the department of everything else". It is now also the tip of the spear in the Trump administration’s war on renewables.

A few major corporations control the production and marketing of food in the West. @thefern.org www.hcn.org/issues/57-9/...

How many corporations, lawmakers and individuals stand between you and the food you eat?

Hiring practices at major meatpackers reshaped the demographics of middle America — and, in turn, gave rise to the nativism that produced the Trump era. @thefern.org

Editorial fellow Shi En Kim joined avian researchers to check on American kestrel nest boxes around Mount Diablo, California.

Data center power demand is sparking interest in new reactors.

A 2001 policy restricts road construction on Forest Service land. What happens to at-risk species if it’s removed?