Caroline Tracey, High Country News

Caroline Tracey

High Country News

Tucson, AZ, United States

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Past articles by Caroline:

LDS environmentalists want their institution to address the Great Salt Lake’s collapse (Grace for the Great Salt Lake) — High Country News – Know the West

Advocates call for healing the rift between scripture and politics. → Read More

Researchers solve one of the Borderlands’ biggest water puzzles — High Country News – Know the West

Officially, the U.S. and Mexico share 11 groundwater basins. A new map bumps that figure up to a stunning 72. → Read More

The West’s salt lakes are turning to dust. Can Congress help? — High Country News – Know the West

A new research and monitoring program aims to conserve threatened but overlooked saline ecosystems. → Read More

Why are Saudi farmers pumping Arizona groundwater? (Why are Saudi farmers pumping Arizona groundwater?) — High Country News – Know the West

A conversation with Natalie Koch, author of ‘Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arabia and Arizona.’ → Read More

A year in the Borderlands: The biggest stories from 2022 — High Country News – Know the West

With a little help from our friends, HCN untangles the complexities of the U.S.-Mexico border. → Read More

Federal, state and local agencies reach agreement to address Salton Sea crisis — High Country News – Know the West

The $250 million commitment will support public health and habitat while conserving Colorado River water. → Read More

The environmental consequences of Gov. Ducey’s rogue ‘border wall’ — High Country News – Know the West

Slicing across Arizona’s Coronado National Memorial, the barrier will stop more migrating mammals than humans. → Read More

How a volunteer trash pickup club tackles housing and climate justice — High Country News – Know the West

LA’s Echo Park Trash Club supports its unhoused neighbors by helping them stay in place. → Read More

‘You’re living in a tin can’ (‘You’re living in a tin can’) — High Country News – Know the West

Arizona’s mobile-home residents are far more likely to die from excessive heat. → Read More

How a medical examiner’s office transformed to address migrant death — High Country News – Know the West

Amid a shortage of forensic pathologists, Arizona’s Pima County has identified thousands of those who lost their lives in the Borderlands. → Read More

Utah’s youth climate activists held a funeral for the Great Salt Lake — High Country News – Know the West

‘Even though we’re the ones speaking up, the only landscape we know is something dead.’ → Read More

Conserve groundwater. Fallow farmland. Increase dust? — High Country News – Know the West

A new study warns that California’s groundwater regulations could create more dust, worsening already poor air quality. → Read More

Scientists unravel the origins of the Southwest’s monsoon — High Country News – Know the West

But just as their understanding of the phenomena becomes mores clear, it’s starting to disappear. → Read More

Can Arizona citizens use the tools of democracy to preserve the state’s dwindling water? — High Country News – Know the West

How a group of ‘scrappy’ locals are working to create Arizona’s first citizen-initiated groundwater management area. → Read More