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Climate change is happening too fast for migrating birds
WEBMar 25, 2024 · Birds Climate Climate Change Scientific Research Wildlife. A study finds that climate change is causing spring to arrive earlier. Migrating birds rely on insects and plants that emerge during ...
The Supreme Court’s attack on tribal sovereignty, explained
WEBJul 1, 2022 · This conversation has been edited for clarity and length. High Country News: On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta that the state of Oklahoma, and presumably ...
6 things you should know about the 2021 Native American Voting …
WEBSep 10, 2021 · NAVRA would establish state-level voting task forces to address some of the issues unique to Indian Country, including inadequate broadband access and the lack of mailing addresses. It would also ...
Native American women still have the highest rates of rape and …
WEBJun 7, 2016 · A new Department of Justice study shows that of over 2,000 women surveyed, 84 percent of Native American and Alaskan Native women have experienced violence, 56 percent have experienced sexual ...
Conserve groundwater. Fallow farmland. Increase dust?
WEBSep 8, 2022 · A new study warns that California’s groundwater regulations could create more dust, worsening already poor air quality. For a century, California’s San Joaquin Valley has been known as “the ...
The hidden health inequalities that Indigenous peoples face
WEBJan 26, 2018 · Gordon Belcourt, CC BY-ND. Health inequality. The IHS is the primary health care provider for most American Indians. It is responsible for providing health care under historical treaty agreements ...
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WEBWhat we do. High Country News is the nation’s leading source of news on the West. In award-winning, in-depth reporting , HCN covers the most-pressing social, political and ecological issues in ...
How the Zoom boom is changing the West - High Country News
WEBJan 1, 2021 · Jonathan Thompson is a contributing editor at High Country News. He is the author of River of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics and Greed Behind the Gold King Mine Disaster. Email him at jonathan ...
Managing predators from the sky - High Country News
WEBApr 1, 2024 · Daniel Anderson on his family’s ranch in Montana’s Paradise Valley. Louise Johns/High Country News. This story is part of High Country News’ Conservation Beyond Boundaries project, which is ...
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