Cameron Walker, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Tue, 31 Dec 2024 16:05:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Cameron Walker, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 Fire crews do more than fight fires https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-1/fire-crews-do-more-than-fight-fires/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 08:45:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=330385 At Sequoia National Park in California, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees cover trees in structure wrap to protect them from fires in late September, 2021.

Some protect habitats and cultural resources from smoke and flames.

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]]> 330385 At home with the oil rigs https://www.hcn.org/issues/44-22/at-home-with-the-oil-rigs/ Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2012/12/24/at-home-with-the-oil-rigs/

Coming down from Gaviota Pass, it’s the ocean I see first. But I look past the waves and ignore the distant Channel Islands, searching for the landmarks that tell me I’m really home. When I fly, my eyes search for these other islands, too, as we bank and straighten out, bound for the runway. They […]

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]]> 116271 Watching the weather in California https://www.hcn.org/issues/44-4/watching-the-weather-in-california/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2012/03/09/watching-the-weather-in-california/

At 15, I waited for storms. I wanted drama in my placid life. But when I finally got one — the 1991 Oakland firestorm — it destroyed a few thousand houses, including ours. Afterwards, my dad sank into a depression, my younger brother started climbing out of windows and into trouble, and for years, I […]

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]]> 116328 Depth afield https://www.hcn.org/issues/43-1/depth-afield/ Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2011/01/28/depth-afield/

Why is the Western image so appealing?

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]]> 115300 Avalanche education for all https://www.hcn.org/issues/41-20/avalanche-education-for-all/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2009/10/27/avalanche-education-for-all/

Janet Kellam tackles an "urban" snow problem

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