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Your lawn could host an endangered ecosystem
A few miles outside Pullman, Washington, a remnant of the Palouse Prairie lies on a small hill, surrounded by undulating wheat fields and studded with cracked and weathered headstones from the late ...
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Resource production or preservation? Election puts Alaska lands on the line
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.
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How the climate is changing your energy bill
Ratepayer pushback: Energy bills typically rise in the summer and winter, particularly as climate change drives up demand for heating and cooling. In January, some residential customers in Oregon saw ...
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Tolt River Dam false alarms prompt worry and distrust
A construction site across the street separated the Senior Center from its brand-new low-income apartments, and new million-dollar housing was going up near the Tolt River, a half-mile to the south.
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The future of New Mexico’s beloved bosque
But as the region warms — average temperatures since 2000 have been 1.8 to 2 degrees Fahrenheit higher than they were over the previous century — and the once-high water table drops, those who love ...
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Forest therapy for wildfire survivors
Tracing back to the 1980s, doctors in Japan began prescribing shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, as a way for patients to listen, breathe and simply be in nature. Their studies found benefits, such as ...
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Anna Marija Helt
Anna Marija Helt is a freelance writer, herbalist and former research scientist who works to (re)connect and engage people with the natural world. Instagram: @annamarijahelt ...
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Tenis, vestidos brillantes, y bailes de TikTok
This article is also available in English. Cuando uno visita la exposición sobre quinceañeras del Museo del Valle de Yakima, la primera cosa que encuentra es un par de tenis Converse de color verdeazu ...
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In Washington’s Yakima Valley, quinceañeras connect people and place
The exhibit offers a variety of objects and personal histories from decades of the quinceañera tradition in the Yakima Valley’s Latino community. Credit: Roberto (Bear) Guerra/High Country News Este ...
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The search for a taste of home in a new place
After a move from rural to urban Alaska, a writer hunts for the blueberries that nourish her family, body and spirit.
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There’s a long journey ahead, no matter who wins
By flapping our wings enough to make progress, yet reserving energy for the long journey ahead. We welcome reader letters. Email High Country News at [email protected] or submit a letter to the editor.
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‘Music gives voice to the soul directly’
MICHAEL ZIMMERLE (HE/HIM) Weekly Back Porch Blues Jam founder, builder, wandwright, musician Paonia, Colorado ...