"Elk calls have regional dialects
Whales, bats and birds sound different depending on where they live. So do elk, according to new research."
"Pennsylvania’s elk herds were translocated from the West in the early 1900s, and today they have longer tonal whistles and quieter bugles than elk in Colorado. Meanwhile, bugles change frequency from low to high tones more sharply in Wyoming than they do in Pennsylvania or Colorado."
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/north-wildlife-elk-calls-have-regional-dialects
#biology #bioacoustics #highcountrynews

My good friend and fellow #Navajo #journalist Alastair Bitsoi wrote this powerful piece for #highcountrynews!

‘Native mental health providers seek to heal boarding school scars with informed and appropriate treatment.’

Alastair is a huge proponent for #mentalhealth and going to #therapy. Something I’ve been putting off.

#boardingschool #mentalhealth #indigenous

https://www.hcn.org/native-mental-health-providers-seek-to-heal-boarding-school-scars-with-informed-and-appropriate-treatment

Changes on the horizon ✨ I'm excited to share that next month I'll be joining Vox as #Climate Editor 🌎🩵

https://www.vox.com/2023/6/27/23775396/vox-announce-new-hires-deepening-climate-reporting

“Paige’s hire marks an exciting milestone for the company’s dedicated climate change coverage. She has a decade of experience at #HighCountryNews and brings unparalleled insight into society’s intricate relationship with the natural world, the biodiversity crisis, and the front-line communities affected by the energy transition in the western United States."

Hi friends, a bit of news from my neck of the woods: After several incredible years at #HighCountryNews I'm moving on to something new.

HCN is such a bad-ass place to work and is staffed w/ talented and kind humans who create truly unparalleled #journalism on the Western U.S. I'm going to miss them.

I'm excited to see what happens next for this team and to share more about my next opportunity soon! Stay tuned🌲💚

It's no secret that salmon are central to theh cultures of many Native nations in the Pacific Northwest, but outsiders don't really understand what that means. This piece by Native journalist 'Toastie' Oaster uses the words and photography of Yakama tribal member Lew George to open a little window on a life spent fishing for salmon on the Columbia River.

#NativeAmericans #Yakama #fishing #salmon #ColumbiaRiver #LewGeorge #photograhy #ToastieOaster #HighCountryNews

https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-multimedia-dispatch-from-the-scaffolds-native-fishing-culture-on-the-columbia-river

Mientras los eventos climáticos extremos superan la capacidad gubernamental, ¿acaso podrían ayudar los datos de colaboración colectiva?

Caroline Tracey reporta para
#HighCountryNews: https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-climate-change-como-usar-datos-de-colaboracion-colectiva-para-repensar-los-desastres-naturales/

The excellent #HighCountryNews has a good piece on thinning, fuels reduction, prescribed burning and the various misinformation and disinformation common in discussions of forest and fuels management and #FirePrevention

https://www.hcn.org/articles/wildfire-does-thinning-work-for-wildfire-prevention

Hi!👋 I'm involved in the hiring of some great #jobs at #HighCountryNews. We're seeking our next #RuralCommunities fellow + talented writers to join our intern cohort for our #Indigenous Affairs, #Southwest + #Northwest teams.

Interns/fellows write stories at the intersection of people and place. $2,500/month + work-from-home stipend. Fellow salary is slightly higher w/a ✨4-DAY WORK WEEK✨

Fellow deadline 4/21: https://classifieds.hcn.org/denver/internships/virginia-spencer-davis-fellowship/AC1E02C40779f1E9E9ylFB27E57A

Internships deadline 4/14: https://classifieds.hcn.org/denver/employment-education/high-country-news-editorial-interns/AC1E0158075ab14591Ok947EB485

Apply!

Don't miss Ben Goldfarb's latest
#HighCountryNews story in which he reflects on the benefit—both scientifically and therapeutically—of spying on our non-human kin.

https://hcn.org/issues/55.3/south-wildlife-can-camera-traps-relieve-our-species-loneliness

(Warning: This^ link may contain unbearably cute animal videos + beaver pics)

Black communities are moving to #Phoenix in historic numbers, but rising temperatures, drought, and decades of systemic racism make their new homes less livable.

In this #CapitalB and #HighCountryNews collaboration, Adam Mahoney spent time with South Phoenix families who exemplify the latest Great Migration of Black families in America. This time, their journey is up against an additional existential threat: #ClimateChange.

https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-communities-for-black-families-it-isnt-simple-creating-roots-in-phoenix

Hello everyone, the brilliant @wufei_yu has arrived!

Give him a #follow and also read his fantastic feature story for #HighCountryNews about how one California traced its history back to #NewMexico. It's a story that explores identity, culture and the ways Western towns targeted vibrant Chinese communities in the 19th century.

It's well worth your time and is a beautiful read: https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.4/history-how-a-california-archive-reconnected-a-new-mexico-family-with-it-chinese-roots #journalists #FollowJournalists

#California's Office of Emergency Services (#OES) is one of the few programs that address the needs of #DisabledCommunities — but it's still falling short. Astra Lincoln reports for #HighCountryNews

(Come for the harrowing story; stay for the incredible #photos) https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-public-health-how-califonias-emergency-plans-fail-disabled-communities

#CAstorms #ClimateDisasters

The saga of the Snake River dams removal. #HighCountryNews #SnakeRiver #dams #NezPerce #PNW #WashingtonState #Idaho #damremoval #environment
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.1/indigenous-affairs-dams-can-dam-removal-save-the-snake-river

#HighCountryNews #Indigenous #LandConservation
https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.11/public-lands-the-future-of-large-landscape-conservation-begins-with-indigenous-communities

Browsing through more High Country News articles (January 2023 issue). This one covers Taylor Shellfish Farms. #HighCountryNews #immigration #housing #climatechange #shellfish #aquaculture #PNW #washingtonstate
https://twitter.com/marajennkn/status/1576993397004374016

Working my way through the latest issue of High Country News. Short interview with Natalie Koch on her new upcoming book (January) on the connection between Arizona and Saudi Arabia, and the "colonization" of the desert Southwest. The book: "Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arabia and Arizona." #HighCountryNews #Arizona #SaudiArabia #southwest #desert #water #agriculture #dairy #alfalfa #groundwater #NatalieKoch #AridEmpire https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.1/south-interview-why-are-saudi-farmers-pumping-arizona-groundwater

Yo #freelance #journalists: I’m looking to assign an on-the-ground story focused on #flooding in #california. Specifically interested in smart and unexpected angles; bonus points for story ideas that center under-represented perspectives or communities. Story for #HighCountryNews and scope should work at 800-1,400 words. I pay $1/word. #PitchMe at paigeb@hcn.org Please boost! 🙏🏽 | #climate #writers #EmergencyPreparedness #NaturalDisasters #AtmosphericRiver #EnvironmentalJustice

My hard copy of High Country News just dropped in my mailbox. I thumbed straight to the article on southern California's endemic black walnut trees. It hit home. I grew up in soCal in many ways. The trees grew on the hillsides where I roamed as a lad and on the hillsides that surrounded my college campus. I had a brief tryst with a Latina that lived in El Sereno, a single mom and me one quarter from graduating. It was good but not built to last. Long ago. #highcountrynews https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.1/south-social-justice-how-protecting-trees-can-fight-gentrification

#Halito, the weekly #HighCountryNews video series hosted by @Toastie and a handful of our talented HCN colleagues, is hilarious and smart and I want to scream from the mountain tops how much I LOVE THIS SHOW! Follow along for the latest Westy goings on and catch up on all of our 2022 highlights here: https://youtu.be/NkJg_rFEyuw

Hello! An #introduction after weeks of lurking—I'm a #writer, #editor, and #author interested in #conservation, #climate, #science, #environment, #ecology, and paths to a better future. Soft spot for #frogs. Proud to be working with the whip-smart #HighCountryNews team as acting EIC. Grateful to those stewarding the growth of #mastodon.