California Forever is determined to try the ballot again in 2026. In the meantime, it’s continuing its community outreach campaign. At the heart of the debate lies the company’s most compelling ...

The corner of a recently logged state trust land parcel is visible on the Flathead Reservation. Credit: Tailyr Irvine / High Country News and Grist This investigation is a collaboration with Grist. On ...

An investigation by High Country News and Grist reveals how public institutions benefit from extractive industries on Indian reservations.

During the final season of Reservation Dogs — an Indigenous coming-of-age show set on the Muscogee Reservation in Oklahoma — ...

Arizona’s state fish is doing well but faces a daunting future.

A reinforced storm barrier, the result of an emergency project overseen by the Army Corps of Engineers, will prevent winter storms from thrashing the coastal lowlands of the Shoalwater Bay Indian ...

At Portland, Oregon’s Cathedral Park in 2022, kayakers protest Zenith Energy’s oil terminal operations in the CEI Hub. Credit: Alex Milan Tracy Linnton, Oregon, is never quiet. Freight trains ...

Welcome to the Landline, a monthly newsletter from High Country News about land, water, wildlife, climate and conservation in the Western United States. Utah’s political establishment has a ...

The truth is, we all rely on public officials to keep us safe. And yet, the degree of protection they provide can, and does, ...

After 82 years, in June of this year, the Department of Interior published Historic and Ongoing Impacts of Federal Dams on the Columbia River Basin Tribes, an analysisthat explores how 11 hydropower ...