Theo Whitcomb
High Country News
Oregon, United States
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Where anti-LGBTQ+ politics intersect with housing the homeless — High Country News – Know the West
A new report shows Southern Oregon’s largest homeless shelter is led by a conversion-therapy proponent. → Read More
Who’s after rare metals in the Klamath Mountains? (Tellurium in the Klamath Mountains?) — High Country News – Know the West
While the region has a small cache of tellurium, politics and economics are in the way. → Read More
Yes, the drought really is that bad — High Country News – Know the West
The Western U.S. is experiencing its longest continuous streak of dry years since 800 A.D. → Read More
See the Western conservation projects getting Infrastructure Act money this year — High Country News – Know the West
Approximately $68 million will be delivered to more than 100 projects across the country — many of which are based in the West. → Read More
Why is this California sheriff suddenly interested in ‘environmental crimes?’ (The rise of the nature cop) — High Country News – Know the West
Law enforcement takes center stage in Siskiyou County’s fight over who can, and can’t, use land and water. → Read More
Park Service’s midnight-hour rule change benefits Telecom (Low frequency) — High Country News – Know the West
The eliminated policy was designed to keep the public in the loop about new cell towers. → Read More
Why rural communities struggle to bring in much-needed federal grants — High Country News – Know the West
A new analysis suggests that over half of communities in the West lack the capacity to take advantage of infrastructure bill funding. Now what? → Read More
How marijuana, legal and not, is reshaping the West — High Country News – Know the West
A 4/20 roundup of the industry’s trials, triumphs and political conundrums. → Read More
Dixie Valley toad gets rare emergency protection — High Country News – Know the West
5 years after its discovery, the amphibian is now protected from a geothermal development. → Read More
For cannabis farms, ecosystem science is scarce — High Country News – Know the West
An interview with an ecologist studying the West’s emerging, and rarely researched, industry. → Read More
Report: Over half of U.S. waters are too polluted to swim or fish — High Country News – Know the West
At 50 years, the Clean water Act has had success. But there are key sources of water pollution yet to be addressed. → Read More
A living archive of Oregon’s hops and beer (A bright and hoppy Oregon history) — High Country News – Know the West
More than a beverage, beer helps tell the history of the Northwest. → Read More
When lockdown happened, historians took to the internet (A COVID-19 living archive) — High Country News – Know the West
The COVID-19 Digital Archive documents life during a global pandemic. → Read More
A bump in the road for southern Oregon’s illegal private casino — High Country News – Know the West
Oregon’s horse racing authority acknowledged the Oregon Department of Justice’s opinion, but the Flying Lark isn’t folding just yet. → Read More
What is California’s ‘War on Breakfast’ really about? — High Country News – Know the West
Years after animal cruelty legislation passes, the pork industry tries one last time to stop it. → Read More
A vision for more sustainable farmlands — High Country News – Know the West
Central California can’t continue to farm at its current industrial scale. As land is fallowed, what could take its place? → Read More
See the Channel Islands’ stunning ecological recovery — High Country News – Know the West
The conservation success story is an example of what decades of work can accomplish. → Read More
Tribes call out Oregon’s reckless gaming regulation (Gambling on a lark) — High Country News – Know the West
Using horse-racing laws, a shadowy state agency and a billionaire push for a private casino that threatens tribes’ self-sufficiency. → Read More
At the Colorado River conference, ‘It’s really no longer a drill’ — High Country News – Know the West
Water managers announce new measures to deal with dwindling water supply. → Read More
Who should pay to fix California’s sunken canals? — High Country News – Know the West
Agribusiness and its proponents say repairs will benefit disadvantaged towns. Those residents disagree. → Read More