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High Country News is the nation's leading source of reporting on the Western United States. Through in-depth reporting, High Country News covers the West’s social, political and ecological issues.

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When wildflowers speak • A warming world is altering the discourse between plants and fungi.

Why climate conversations matter • Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe on how talking about climate is the first step to action.

Treaty talks • Heirs to the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott explain what it means today.

The conversations we don’t have about safety outdoors • History instructs Black Americans to fear the outdoors. But creating new memories outside will inform our future.

‘I’m Karla Saenz and I won’t be silenced’ • A trans Venezuelan asylum seeker details 44 days inside one of the country’s deadliest detention centers.

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INSIDE STANDING ROCK’S PROPAGANDA WAR • On the protests' 10-year anniversary, internal documents reveal how internet mercenaries targeted local communities and stirred up anti-protest sentiment.

On the corn pollen trail with Deb Haaland • Talking politics and tribal sovereignty with New Mexico’s (likely) next governor.

Sila decides • In Inupiaq, when the weather talks, you listen.

The animals are standing by • Conversations and kinship with the creatures in our midst.

Heard Around the West • Tips about Western oddities are appreciated and often shared in this column. Write heard@hcn.org.

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