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LETTERS • High Country News is dedicated to independent journalism, informed debate and discourse in the public interest. We welcome letters through digital media and the post. Send us a letter, find us on social media, or email us at editor@hcn.org

Weakening the rules • How Republican-led changes to management plans threaten crucial Wyoming habitat.

One frog at a time • In Portland, amphibian-loving volunteers are giving an imperiled species a helping hand.

The wealth of rivers • How Montana tribes are using sovereignty to restore their waterways.

FROM THE GRIMOIRE • —Spell for Binding the Center to a Center

Welcome, new HCN board members!

An ode to Johnny Sagebrush • BART KOEHLER HELPED WESTERNERS PROTECT THE PLACES THEY LOVE

Thank you, readers! • YOUR GENEROUS AND DEDICATED SUPPORT MAKES THESE PAGES POSSIBLE

THE SHRINKING RIVER • Farms on the Colorado River try to adapt in a time of crisis.

The messy politics of protecting Alaska’s struggling caribou • To boost one herd’s numbers, state officials killed scores of bears.

A very unusual ecosystem • Queer ecology and the fight to save salt lakes in the Great Basin, and elsewhere.

The Black cowboy was always here • High Horse tells a story about the West that is honest and long overdue.

Iditarod idol • Lessons in care from a champion musher.

Heard Around the West • Tips about Western oddities are appreciated and often shared in this column. Write heard@hcn.org.

#IAM THE WEST