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Greg Hanscom
Greg Hanscom is the publisher and executive director for High Country News. Email him at greg.hanscom@hcn.org or submit a letter to the editor.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
New life landmarks and fond farewells
HCN welcomes good news among staffers and thanks a longtime board member who’s stepping away.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
What does HCN mean to you?
Share your thoughts about why you read the magazine and how we could serve you better.
Posted inJanuary 11, 2024: The Creatures in Our Midst
How we’re working together
The 2024 fellow cohort arrives.
Posted inDecember 1, 2023: December 2023
Home for the holidays
I hope you and yours are having a happy holiday season. I’m relishing being settled with family and friends. The past few months have been a whirlwind, visiting donors, hanging out with readers, spending some quality time with High Country News staffers in Paonia, Colorado, and making a special side trip to Laramie, Wyoming. When […]
Posted inAugust 1, 2023: In the Line of Fire
HCN in ABQ
Our board meeting and an event about oil-and-gas permitting highlighted a commitment to do the work.
Posted inMarch 1, 2023: Moving Parts
Future-proofing HCN
Long-term plans for the organization come together alongside staff changes.
Posted inJanuary 1, 2023: Ripple Effects
HCN is staying put
We may have sold our building, but we’re not moving after all.
Posted inNovember 1, 2022: The Futures of Conservation
A new chapter for HCN
The organization is putting its building up for sale but will remain in Paonia.
Posted inMarch 1, 2022: The Cloning Conundrum
We’re getting better at staying in touch
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Posted inMay 1, 2021: Beauty and Biodiversity in the Borderlands
Big awards and staffing changes
Our investigation from March 2020 gets deserved recognition, and we say a bittersweet farewell to a few employees.
Posted inMay 1, 2021: Beauty and Biodiversity in the Borderlands
Meet HCN’s new editor-in-chief
Our readers have high expectations, and Jennifer Sahn is up for the charge.
Posted inSeptember 1, 2020: The Next West
Spread the news, and take us higher
As we gear up for another 50 years, we’re working to raise $10 million.
Posted inMay 1, 2020: Lives on Lockdown
In difficult times, community matters
Supporting each other helps us all do our best.
Posted inApril 1, 2020: Land-Grab Universities
Telling the story of the changing West
As the Trump administration retrenches, there’s a rising call for justice and political reform.
Posted inJuly 22, 2013: Red Rock Resolution?
New route to end Utah’s wilderness stalemate
Can one of the West’s most anti-federal lands lawmakers broker a mega-wilderness deal in the Beehive state?
Posted inJuly 22, 2013: Red Rock Resolution?
Stakeholders
Ashley KorenblatMoab mountain-bike outfitter and public-lands consultant “Folks in the rural West see kids in Grand Junction driving trucks for Halliburton making $80,000 a year. They see these jobs as good jobs, but they aren’t going to last. (Utah Republican Rep. Jason) Chaffetz has said, ‘We wouldn’t want to do anything now that would prevent […]
Posted inMarch 4, 2013: Uncertain Landing
Can Sally Jewell interest a new generation in public lands?
The giant flagship store of REI — Recreational Equipment Inc. — is a steel- and timber-framed temple to outdoor consumerism, complete with a glass steeple that encases an indoor climbing spire. It’s something of a spiritual center for downtown Seattle, where “business casual” includes pants with zip-off legs and Vibram 5 Finger “barefoot running” shoes. […]
Posted inMarch 4, 2013: Uncertain Landing
Global warming’s reluctant poster child
When a report warning of global warming’s disastrous impacts on skiing garnered national headlines in December, activists hoped the news would encourage a serious response both at home and in Washington, D.C. But the ski industry itself, where bad press means all the difference between a banner year and a bust, greeted the headlines with […]