Uploaded October 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 one of our editorial interns and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Hmong Americans in Northern California fight wildfire — and distrust
hcn.org/issues/53.11/south-wildfire-hmong-americans-in-northern-california-fight-wildfire-and-distrust
What’s going on with redistricting in the West?
hcn.org/articles/south-politics-whats-going-on-with-redistricting-in-the-west
How tribal leaders want Chuck Sams to lead the Park Service
hcn.org/issues/53.11/indigenous-affairs-national-park-service-how-tribal-leaders-want-chuck-sams-to-lead-the-park-service
Wildfire smoke pushes migrating birds hundreds of miles out of their way
hcn.org/articles/north-wildfire-smoke-pushes-migrating-birds-hundreds-of-miles-out-of-their-way
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 American West. 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 one of our editorial interns and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Hmong Americans in Northern California fight wildfire — and distrust
hcn.org/issues/53.11/south-wildfire-hmong-americans-in-northern-california-fight-wildfire-and-distrust
What’s going on with redistricting in the West?
hcn.org/articles/south-politics-whats-going-on-with-redistricting-in-the-west
How tribal leaders want Chuck Sams to lead the Park Service
hcn.org/issues/53.11/indigenous-affairs-national-park-service-how-tribal-leaders-want-chuck-sams-to-lead-the-park-service
Wildfire smoke pushes migrating birds hundreds of miles out of their way
hcn.org/articles/north-wildfire-smoke-pushes-migrating-birds-hundreds-of-miles-out-of-their-way
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 American West. 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.
