If you’ve seen the phrase time immemorial used repeatedly in Indigenous affairs reporting, there are some compelling reasons why.

An urban geologist goes to downtown Seattle and finds a rangeof rocks rivaling any assembled by plate tectonics.

Alex Burness is a staff writer at Bolts, focused on criminal justice and voting rights issues. You can reach him at [email protected]. In a corner of Alaska, American Samoans are facing ...

Recent studies found that attitudes toward wolves became more polarized when people’s political identities were activated.

Recent studies found that attitudes toward wolves became more polarized when people’s political identies were activated.

Alexander L. Metcalf is an associate professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Montana. Recent studies found that attitudes toward wolves became more polarized when ...

Despite the geologic and paleontological significance of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, federal government management is hindering its full research potential.

After 40 years of service and 80 years on Earth, Andy Wiessner — wilderness warrior, land wheeler-dealer and longtime friend to High Country News — is stepping off our board of directors.

In comparison, he writes, the 300,000 years since Homo sapiens evolved is so brief that “in a single stroke with a medium-grained nail file you could eradicate human history.” In this special issue on ...

Indigenous scholar Dina Gilio-Whitaker wants Natives to approach a difficult topic rationally, vulnerably and honestly.

Each winter, migrant crews climb into the Sierra to cut wild silvertip firs, a fragile tradition now imperiled by wildfire, climate change, and tightening immigration laws. High on the volcanic ...

AT 3:30 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, the residents of Sumas, Washington — in the Nooksack River floodplain on the state’s northwest border — learned of the rising floodwaters. The city’s flood alarm ...