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As New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness Area — the nation’s first designated wilderness — turns 100, HCN considers how the nature — and concept — of wilderness have changed over the years.

Sep 8, 2025 · We welcome reader letters. Email High Country News at [email protected] or submit a letter to the editor. See our letters to the editor policy.

Before joining HCN, she spent three years covering the remote border communities of Far West Texas for Marfa Public Radio, where she also produced a weekly Spanish-language news show and an …

Mar 5, 2025 · We welcome reader letters. Email High Country News at [email protected] or submit a letter to the editor. See our letters to the editor policy.

May 1, 2025 · We welcome reader letters. Email High Country News at [email protected] or submit a letter to the editor. See our letters to the editor policy.

Dec 12, 2024 · Kylie Mohr Kylie Mohr is a correspondent for High Country News writing from Montana. Email her at [email protected] or submit a letter to the editor. More by Kylie Mohr

Aug 4, 2025 · But in a memo shared with HCN, Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz told agency leaders on July 16 that “as expected, the 2025 Fire Year is proving to be extremely challenging.”