Uploaded July 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.
Environmental justice is only the beginning
By Dina Gilio-Whitaker
10 minute read
hcn.org/issues/54.7/indigenous-affairs-perspective-environmental-justice-is-only-the-beginning
Landslide risk is on the rise thanks to climate change, and states are looking to identify hazards
By Michael Crowe
4 minute read
hcn.org/issues/54.7/north-scientific-research-landslide-risk-is-on-the-rise-thanks-to-climate-change-and-states-are-looking-to-identify-hazards
The beauty in hidden data
By Michael Crowe
4 minute read
hcn.org/issues/54.7/scientific-research-the-beauty-buried-in-the-data
When I knew I had made it home
By Diane Sylvain
9 minute read
hcn.org/articles/essays-when-i-knew-i-had-made-it-home
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.
Environmental justice is only the beginning
By Dina Gilio-Whitaker
10 minute read
hcn.org/issues/54.7/indigenous-affairs-perspective-environmental-justice-is-only-the-beginning
Landslide risk is on the rise thanks to climate change, and states are looking to identify hazards
By Michael Crowe
4 minute read
hcn.org/issues/54.7/north-scientific-research-landslide-risk-is-on-the-rise-thanks-to-climate-change-and-states-are-looking-to-identify-hazards
The beauty in hidden data
By Michael Crowe
4 minute read
hcn.org/issues/54.7/scientific-research-the-beauty-buried-in-the-data
When I knew I had made it home
By Diane Sylvain
9 minute read
hcn.org/articles/essays-when-i-knew-i-had-made-it-home
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.










