Tay Wiles
High Country News
Paonia, CO, United States
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A whistleblower speaks out over excavation of Native sites (A whistleblower speaks out over excavation of Native sites) — High Country News – Know the West
In California, archaeologists unearthed Indigenous burials 11 years ago, but the remains have yet to be repatriated. → Read More
Staffers Allege Misconduct at BLM’s Busiest Oil and Gas Office –
Complaints to Interior's Office of Inspector General reveal concerns that the Carlsbad Field Office broke laws to favor industry. → Read More
Staffers allege misconduct at BLM’s busiest oil and gas office —
Complaints to Interior’s Office of Inspector General reveal concerns that the Carlsbad Field Office broke laws to favor industry. → Read More
The hidden consequences of New Mexico’s latest oil boom —
Carlsbad residents are experiencing health impacts, but the science behind their woes lags behind the pace of drilling. → Read More
The hidden consequences of New Mexico’s latest oil boom (Living inside southeast New Mexico’s oil boom) —
Carlsbad residents are experiencing health impacts, but the science behind their woes lags behind the pace of drilling. → Read More
Trump Is Putting Some Ranchers Who Started Wildfires in Charge of Reducing Wildfires –
The Bureau of Land Management hopes the Hammonds' cows will reduce fire risk in eastern Oregon. → Read More
Fire-starting ranchers get a new blessing from BLM —
The agency hopes the Hammonds’ cows will reduce fire risk in eastern Oregon. → Read More
Militias, MAGA activists and one border town’s complicated resistance —
How Arivaca, Arizona, became a magnet for anti-immigrant activists – and what locals did next. → Read More
Militias, MAGA activists and one border town’s complicated resistance —
How Arivaca, Arizona, became a magnet for anti-immigrant activists – and what locals did next. → Read More
A Closed Border Gate Has Cut Off Three Tohono O'odham Villages From Their Closest Food Supply
An effort to deliver food is only a temporary solution. → Read More
In Montana, anti-public lands and anti-Native groups converge —
At a property rights conference, prominent critics of tribal sovereignty and federal land management found common ground. → Read More
Here’s What One of Trump’s First Resource Management Plans Looks Like –
The country's busiest oil and gas office is all set for even more drilling. → Read More
The country’s busiest oil and gas office has a plan for more drilling —
Southern New Mexico offers a testing ground for Trump’s vision for energy dominance. → Read More
Conspiracy theories inspire vigilante justice in Tucson —
How one man’s imagined discovery of a sex-trafficking camp in the Sonoran Desert gained life online — and in the real world. → Read More
Rapid evolution saved the starfish —
West Coast ochre stars make a remarkable reversal after a mass mortality event. → Read More
After Malheur, side effects of the Bundys’ extremism linger —
But in Harney County, Oregon, collaboration around public lands grows. → Read More
Interior revives the push for a higher Shasta Dam —
But the state of California and Winnemem Wintu Tribe oppose the project. → Read More
Interior revives the push for a higher Shasta Dam —
But the state of California and Winnemem Wintu Tribe oppose the project. → Read More
Oil- and gas-rich counties ask for more federal revenue —
A new bill would return money earmarked for Western water projects to mineral-producing counties. → Read More
How the feds helped make Cliven Bundy a celebrity (Celebrity Scofflaw) —
The creation of an anti-public-lands hero. → Read More