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Reclaiming Chinese culture through cultivation.

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U.S. Forest Service stock animals are indispensable to trail work on public lands in the West. Trump’s radical upheaval is accelerating the death of a dying art.

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From oil in the Arctic to the Ambler Road, Alaska's resource and conservation battles await a new administration’s fate, affecting communities, ecosystems and industries alike.

Climate change is creating a mental health crisis in Phoenix. A budding movement in the desert might solve it.

He has also helped develop agrivoltaics projects all around the world, working with communities in Kenya, Mexico, Morocco and elsewhere. High Country News’ twice weekly email newsletter includes our ...

Scientists in the United States tend to avoid activism; many fear that wading into politics will undermine their work and compromise their independence. Others worry that engaging in protest or ...