Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News where Staff Writer Toastie rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Toastie is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Returning sea otters to Oregon could revive kelp forests
By Sarah Trent
6 Minute Read
hcn.org/articles/north-wildlife-returning-sea-otters-to-oregon-could-revive-kelp-forests
A new investigation reveals depth of skewed policing in Siskiyou County
By Theo Whitcomb
6 Minute Read
hcn.org/articles/south-law-enforcement-a-new-investigation-reveals-depth-of-skewed-policing-in-siskiyou-county
Wildfire kills Klamath fish: ‘Everything that’s in there is dead.’
By B. Toastie
5 Minute Read
hcn.org/articles/wildfire-kills-klamath-fish-everything-thats-in-there-is-dead
BONUS:
Workers report feeling unsafe at Nevada’s largest gold-mining corporation
By Nick Bowiln
hcn.org/articles/south-mining-workers-report-feeling-unsafe-at-nevadas-largest-gold-mining-corporation
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the Western U.S. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News where Staff Writer Toastie rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Toastie is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Returning sea otters to Oregon could revive kelp forests
By Sarah Trent
6 Minute Read
hcn.org/articles/north-wildlife-returning-sea-otters-to-oregon-could-revive-kelp-forests
A new investigation reveals depth of skewed policing in Siskiyou County
By Theo Whitcomb
6 Minute Read
hcn.org/articles/south-law-enforcement-a-new-investigation-reveals-depth-of-skewed-policing-in-siskiyou-county
Wildfire kills Klamath fish: ‘Everything that’s in there is dead.’
By B. Toastie
5 Minute Read
hcn.org/articles/wildfire-kills-klamath-fish-everything-thats-in-there-is-dead
BONUS:
Workers report feeling unsafe at Nevada’s largest gold-mining corporation
By Nick Bowiln
hcn.org/articles/south-mining-workers-report-feeling-unsafe-at-nevadas-largest-gold-mining-corporation
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the Western U.S. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
