Emily Benson
High Country News
Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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‘Roadless rule’ protections for the Tongass National Forest are back — High Country News – Know the West
The Biden administration has reinstated pre-Trump protections in the Tongass. See what’s at stake. → Read More
How a hidden cave can help scientists understand the climate (The Climate Underground) — High Country News – Know the West
Sometimes learning about the past to figure out the future requires crawling beneath tons of rock. → Read More
A new Northwest anthology finds both terror and magic in the darkness (A chorus of voices from the Northwest) — High Country News – Know the West
‘Evergreen: Grim Tales & Verses from the Gloomy Northwest’ explores landscapes and life from the Inland Northwest to the Pacific. → Read More
A new Northwest anthology finds both terror and magic in the darkness (A chorus of voices from the Northwest) — High Country News – Know the West
‘Evergreen: Grim Tales & Verses from the Gloomy Northwest’ explores landscapes and life from the Inland Northwest to the Pacific. → Read More
Idaho denies proposed land exchange — High Country News – Know the West
The state found that the timber tracts offered in a proposed trade are worth much less than the land around Payette Lake. → Read More
Idaho denies proposed land exchange (Land swap denied) — High Country News – Know the West
The state found that the timber tracts offered in a proposed trade are worth much less than the land around Payette Lake. → Read More
Idaho state lands could end up in private hands (Growing pains) — High Country News – Know the West
How a developer’s proposed large land swap ignited a fight in small but growing McCall. → Read More
When state-owned land is publicly accessible — but not public (Growing pains) — High Country News – Know the West
A small town in Idaho searches for ways to keep the surrounding landscape undeveloped. → Read More
#BlackBirdersWeek takes on systemic racism by celebrating diversity — High Country News – Know the West
‘The whole purpose is to highlight and showcase Black birders, and anybody can do that.’ → Read More
#BlackBirdersWeek takes on systemic racism (#BlackBirdersWeek takes on racism) — High Country News – Know the West
‘The whole purpose is to highlight and showcase Black birders, and anybody can do that.’ → Read More
HCN renews its commitment to covering the West’s complexities (A fresh start for 2020) — High Country News – Know the West
We debut a new design as we celebrate our 50th anniversary. → Read More
A dangerous cocktail threatens the gem of North Idaho (Losing Coeur d'Alene Lake) —
Upstream mining has left a toxic legacy at the bottom of Coeur d’Alene Lake. → Read More
Road trips and the importance of reflection (Road trip detours and epiphanies) —
In New Mexico, tourism illuminates a violent atomic past and threatens a religious sanctuary. → Read More
Gay rodeo and the subversion of Western clichés —
A photo exhibit asks viewers to ponder whether, in reclaiming the idea of the cowboy, gay rodeos renounce violence or reinvest in it. → Read More
In need of water, an Idaho town turns to its neighbors —
Does recharging an aquifer solve one of the West’s oldest water problems, or perpetuate it? → Read More
Idaho’s new governor: ‘Climate change is real’ —
Environmentalists hope action will follow new state stance on climate. → Read More
Marine mammals and turtles rebound after endangered species protections —
A new study shows broad recovery but doesn’t dive into the problems that remain. → Read More
The stories that defined the West in 2018 —
The year in essays, analysis and investigations from across the Western U.S. → Read More
What you lose when you lose local news (What you lose when you lose local news) —
People are less likely to vote, and politics become more polarized. → Read More
New rules limiting clean water protections ignore stream science —
What happens to part of a river network affects all of it. → Read More