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How the Park City ski patrol won concessions from Vail
Over in Colorado, ski patrollers from Eldora and Loveland resorts demonstrated outside Vail’s headquarters in Broomfield, ...
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Shaun Griswold
Shaun Griswold is the acting news editor for High Country News. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Email him at shaun.griswold@hcn.org or follow him on Bluesky. Sign up to receive High Country News ...
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Montana’s ag tax slashes bills for thousands of million-dollar homes
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Wind energy jobs are taking off, but so are risks
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Why the West needs prairie dogs
Prairie dogs emerge from their burrow in a colony on American Prairie in Montana. Prairie dogs, once one of the most abundant animals on the prairie, now occupy 2% of their historic range.
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Jimmy Carter’s mixed environmental record
In June 1979, President Jimmy Carter announces his new solar energy policy while standing in front of solar panels placed on West Wing roof of the White House. Credit: Glasshouse Images/Alamy ...
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Who’s against wind development in ‘The Crazies’?
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Tribal objects returned to the Northern Arapaho Tribe
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Culture that impacted our sense of the West
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Fire crews do more than fight fires
At Sequoia National Park in California, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees cover trees in structure wrap to protect them from fires in late September, 2021. Credit: Gary Kazanjian/AP Photo ...
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What an ancient saguaro can teach us
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Letters to the Editor, January 2025
Marc Norton San Francisco, California We welcome reader letters. Email High Country News at editor@hcn.org or submit a letter to the editor. See our letters to the editor policy.