Two tribes are showing how saving sage grouse, and other iconic species of the West’s vast sagebrush steppe, will require are assessment of the widespread cattle grazing that has become an emblem of the landscape.

I’ve been working on this story for the last year and am excited to finally share it. Grateful for @highcountrynews.org and Brett Sam, who did the lovely artwork. www.hcn.org/issues/58-2/...

@jwoolington.bsky.social on the sage grouse beat! 👏👏👏

USFS is weighing whether to extend a temporary 2025 ban on commercial huckleberry harvests in Gifford Pinchot. The ban followed decades of advocacy by Native nations motivated by significant harms to berry habitat, gatherer safety and treaty-reserved rights. www.columbian.com/news/2026/ja...

Two things felt different to the ppl I spoke with who’d been protesting at the ICE building for months. 1st was the sheer volume of tear gas, pepper balls and flash-bangs used, seemingly unprovoked. 2nd was seeing so many videographers/live-streamers embedded with the feds as they marched out.

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

The U.S. Forest Service announced Monday that it will temporarily prohibit commercial picking of huckleberries this summer in Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwestern Washington. ✏️ @jwoolington.bsky.social

For over a century, the Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation has fought to protect treaty-protected huckleberry fields from mismanagement & commercial exploitation. Now, they’re working to ban large-scale commercial harvesting.

Join Journalist Josephine Woolington in conversation with members of the Ḱamíłpa Band to discuss their ongoing struggle for food sovereignty & treaty rights. 📅 Wednesday, April 9 📍 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation - Center for Native Arts and Cultures 🔗 Learn more & register: buff.ly/XQIc08V

Really looking forward to this free event next week, and I’m so grateful that the Native Arts + Cultures Foundation has opened their space for us. @epiphany-couch-art.bsky.social will display her gorgeous art that accompanied my @highcountrynews.bsky.social feature. Join us! bit.ly/huckleberries

Grateful for the opportunity to talk about my @highcountrynews.bsky.social huckleberry story and tribal food sovereignty on Native America Calling today with Elaine Harvey and Bronsco Jim Jr. open.spotify.com/episode/2rJf...

The Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation has wanted an end to commercial picking of a critical cultural resource for years. Finally, the Forest Service is expected to make a decision.

Thank you @kuow.org for having Elaine Harvey and me on today to talk about the commercialization of huckleberries. www.kuow.org/stories/huck...

Saw the SpaceX Starship explode during sunset from Key West tonight

I’ve been working on this story for @highcountrynews.bsky.social for many months and am so grateful to members of the Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation for all that they shared with me. Also so grateful to @epiphany-couch-art.bsky.social for her stunning art. 💜 www.hcn.org/issues/57-3/...

"Water’s presence in a city is difficult to notice. It’s like training your eye to see negative space—absence is the story.” Josephine Woolington writes about learning to see the many hidden and buried waterways that shape Portland. Read the essay, now online: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...