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Read our latest issue. A rural town in eastern Oregon is dealing with the fallout after a genetically modified grass escapes the confines of experimental fields. The herbicide-resistant turf clogs irrigation canals and ditches — and illustrates the...

Read our latest issue. A rural town in eastern Oregon is dealing with the fallout after a genetically modified grass escapes the confines of experimental fields. The herbicide-resistant turf clogs irrigation canals and ditches — and illustrates the mile-wide regulatory loopholes that are failing to contain the spread of genetically engineered crops. Also in this issue, the Trump administration threatens the delicate balance between tranquility and solar energy development in the California desert, the Grand Canyon may face a new era of uranium mining and a photo essay explores the displaced native creatures of the Los Angeles River. https://www.hcn.org/issues/50.11

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In our June 11 issue, a growing cadre of young Indigenous lawyers is rising to meet legal challenges, old and new. The Yurok Tribe, in Northern California, now has one of its own citizens leading its most important legal battles over the Klamath...

In our June 11 issue, a growing cadre of young Indigenous lawyers is rising to meet legal challenges, old and new. The Yurok Tribe, in Northern California, now has one of its own citizens leading its most important legal battles over the Klamath River and the salmon it carries. Also, a look at water battles across the West and an excerpt from author Craig Childs’ new book. Read this and much more here: https://www.hcn.org/issues/50.10

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Trump’s false narrative of chaos at the border

As asylum-seekers flee to the U.S., misguided immigration policies proliferate.

Here’s the thing: There is no such thing as a “crisis” at the border. What we are witnessing is a rise in the number of people seeking asylum in the U.S., and doing so without receiving due process.

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Fire funding fix comes with environmental rollbacks

The legislation sets up an emergency disaster fund but also weakens protections for trees and wildlife.

“I never think it is a good deal when the Democrats get money and Republicans get to change the underlying environmental laws.“ Read about the environmental protections traded for a needed budget fix here: https://www.hcn.org/articles/wildfire-fire-funding-fix-includes-environmental-rollbacks

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Our March 19 issue looks at borders – physical, ecological and otherwise. The feature investigates how a wall would affect the Borderlands region in the U.S. and Mexico, while a correspondent examines how borders around protected public lands in...

Our March 19 issue looks at borders – physical, ecological and otherwise. The feature investigates how a wall would affect the Borderlands region in the U.S. and Mexico, while a correspondent examines how borders around protected public lands in Alaska may be opened to oil and gas exploration. And, finally, an essay ponders the intertidal zone on the Oregon coast, and the thin biological line that divides humans from a tide pool’s ‘primordial soup.’ Read it at https://www.hcn.org/issues/50.5

Photos by Andy Cullen​

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