The West’s wetlands are stunningly effective at taking up carbon from the atmosphere, but they’re scarce and under threat.

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When Tommy Orange decided to write a sequel to his award-winning novel, There, There, he began by jumping back in time.

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More news on the #roadecology beat:

For High Country News, I wrote about a new wave of funding for tribal-led wildlife crossings — and what the federal government still needs to do to help reconnect road-fragmented habitats on Native land.

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More than 21 million kids, over 8 million of them in the West, now attend schools that offer free breakfast and lunch to all students, regardless of their family’s income.

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People have created hundreds of miles of unofficial roads at Lake Mead trying to reach the water as levels decline. Federal officials want funds to address the issue. From our partners Nevada Independent.

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Last year, the San Gabriel National Monument in California made Fodor's list of places NOT to travel for being so badly maintained. Now, it's being expanded. Cora Cervantes and I dug into why, and what this really means for Angelenos.

The Owyhee is one of the largest wilderness proposal now before Congress and the largest national monument currently proposed nationwide. But the slow progress of both reflects the complex reality of large landscape conservation in the 21st century.

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“Sometimes seals drown themselves after they’re shot,” I told the girls. “They’ll release all the air in their lungs and sink to the bottom.” Fearing this, I quickly pulled the throttle backward and pushed forward again...

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What void does @HighCountryNews fill in your life? Does it challenge you to look at the West differently? Have there been any recent stories that you found especially thought-provoking or helpful?

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My date is with the sun. It missed me,
my other half, completely round and warmer
than a blanket of kisses, even more
than brown thighs bared
which mustn’t be stared at under most circumstances.

✍️ Poem by Patron K. Henekou

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If you're in Denver, please join me this Thurs, May 23 for a conversation on health and land inequity in Colorado hosted by Center for Colorado Women's History High Country News and GES Coalition. Spanish translation will be available. Register for tix: tinyurl.com/GESconvo.

These desert species wouldn’t survive without the other. Can they weather climate change together?

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El nuevo programa busca brindar apoyo a 800 recién llegados, pero cortará recursos para los demas.

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This July, I will turn 100 years old. I was born in 1924 in one of the last encampments and raised in Blacktail. #IAmTheWest

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“There’s a bit of a monoculture in hiking in America, so it becomes a little nerve-wracking for people of color, because (we) are sometimes held to a standard or to a social etiquette that we did not know existed.”

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'Among other findings, PEER reports that the BLM failed to conduct assessments for 24% of its grazing lands between 1997 and 2023. Of the lands that were evaluated, roughly 50% did not meet agency health standards.'

Read the article in High Country News.
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'Many of the (San Luis Valley's) rangelands are in a bad state — their springs running dry, native grasses depleted, and allotment boundaries violated by trespassing ranchers.'

Jimmy Tobias/High Country News on the chronic degradation of BLM lands.

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The city of Denver launched its new immigration response plan April 10, expanding services for roughly 800 immigrants already in Denver and limiting services for all other newcomers.

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One week away‼️ Don't miss it.
Register for a Health & Land Conversation, hosted by Center for Colorado Women's History as a follow-up to our feature on the paradox of green space in N. Denver. ⤵️

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In Kern County, the community searches for an economic alternative to a fossil fuel industry. Will it be any fairer than the old one?

Produced by and co-published with @Grist.

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