Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News. Brian Oaster rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Oaster is a staff writer and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
The Park Service buried its own study on harassment
hcn.org/articles/south-national-park-service-breaking-the-park-service-buried-its-own-study-on-harassment
By Lyndsey Gilpin
After more than 50 years in captivity, will Tokitae ever get justice from Seaquarium?
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-wildlife-after-more-than-50-years-in-captivity-will-tokitae-ever-get-justice-from-seaquarium
By Nick Martin
The Westiest programs in Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
hcn.org/articles/politics-the-westiest-programs-in-bidens-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act
By Jonathan Thompson
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. Brian Oaster rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Oaster is a staff writer and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
The Park Service buried its own study on harassment
hcn.org/articles/south-national-park-service-breaking-the-park-service-buried-its-own-study-on-harassment
By Lyndsey Gilpin
After more than 50 years in captivity, will Tokitae ever get justice from Seaquarium?
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-wildlife-after-more-than-50-years-in-captivity-will-tokitae-ever-get-justice-from-seaquarium
By Nick Martin
The Westiest programs in Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
hcn.org/articles/politics-the-westiest-programs-in-bidens-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act
By Jonathan Thompson
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.










