2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT: Sharing a complex West. Staying on the Ground Executive Letter

s the noise and chaos surrounding the dissemination and consumption of A information in the digital age continue to amplify, High Country News has quietly doubled down on what it does best: reporting deeply and authentically on the issues confronting the American West and the nation. We’ve accomplished this by staying connected to the ground, even as we keep an eye on the broader political and social storms washing over our world. In 2019, we dispersed more of HCN’s editorial staff across our vast, 12-state beat. While the organization’s headquarters remain in the rural town of Paonia, Colorado, we placed full-time editors and writers in Gunnison and Durango, Colorado; Tucson, Arizona; Davis, California; Portland, Oregon; Spokane, Washington; Moscow, Idaho; and Fort Worth, Texas. The editorial staff is now working as three teams — North, South and Indigenous — to ensure that we cover stories across a broad geography, both physical and cultural. We have filled out our teams with internally developed talent, hiring five of the journalists that have come through our Intern and Fellow program in the last several years. More than 250 aspiring writers and editors have now come through this unique journalism “bootcamp,” and they are doing great things in the world. In the middle of 2019, we hired two Native American journalists as an intern and a fellow to help us deepen our coverage of the Indigenous West. Our Photo by Marta Sanchez

2 2018-19 work in this area has blossomed under the guidance of Associate Editor Tristan Ahtone, a citizen of the Kiowa Tribe. HCN won an astonishing 19 awards from the Native American Journalists Association this summer. Telling the stories of the West through the diverse lenses of the people who live here has become a staple of the magazine, even as we continue to be a go-to source for coverage of the environment and natural resources. Our goal is to make HCN an inclusive gathering space for all, and to ultimately serve a broader swath of people who can effect needed change in the region. Toward this end, the board and staff have embarked on a major fundraising campaign in anticipation of our 50th anniversary in 2020. Its goal is to catapult HCN to the next level as a magazine, increasing both the quality and quantity of our work and effectively marketing it to millions across the country. In the summer of 2019, HCN contracted with consultants at Atlantic 57 to take a fresh look at our brand and consider how to market it effectively in the digital age. We also began preparing for the first major redesign of the magazine in 17 years, which will debut in January 2020. What makes HCN unique, we rediscovered, is our community of readers, who have sustained us during good times and bad. As you can see from our financials, your subscriptions and donations make up the bulk of our income. And these dollars are not just cold cash. They are symbols of a warm relationship: We provide you with thought-provoking, inspiring journalism, and you engage with us in the ongoing, often difficult conversation about the complex place we all love. Thank you for being part of our community.

Paul Larmer Executive Director and Publisher Photo by Paul Larmer

Annual Report 3 Shining Light on a Complex West The Year’s Important Stories

Reporting from Indian Country n 2017, High Country News became one of the few non-Native news organizations to I commit significant resources to reporting on tribal affairs for a primarily Indigenous audience. Since then, the desk has written more than 200 articles. More than half of these have been produced by Native journalists and writers, a quarter by Native women. The Indigenous Affairs Desk has entered quickly into the national debates over elections, both how elections are run and the values determined by them. Before the mid-term elections in 2018, Tristan Ahtone wrote an op-ed for The New York Times reproaching North Dakota Democrats for not fighting back against voter suppression. As presidential candidates entered the 2020 race, Kim TallBear, associate professor of Native Studies at the University of Alberta and leading expert on genetics, characterized Elizabeth Warren’s claims to Cherokee ancestry as “a form of violence,” advancing an important conversation with national implications. As the world grappled with the biodiversity crisis and sought tools to slow the sixth extinction, our Indigenous Affairs Desk analyzed the Yurok Tribe’s declaration of rights of personhood for the Klamath River, likely the first

Congratulations on that basket of awards you recently won. For years, HCN couldn’t get a handle on Indian affairs. Nobody could. But you have kept at it, to the honor and benefit of the newspaper, the tribes, the West, and the reading public. Basically everything you are putting out on the tribes is of top quality. … There were unanswered questions, of course, but great journalism leaves them

4 2018-19 Photo by Don White/Alamy such designation for a non-human, non- corporation entity in North America. Associate Editor Anna V. Smith brought national attention to the Yuroks’ advocacy on behalf of the river with her feature “How the Yurok Tribe is reclaiming the Klamath River” in 2018. The Indigenous Affairs Desk has entered squarely into the national conversation on cultural preservation and reconciliation. As the nation reeled from the current zero-tolerance policy aimed at immigrants, we examined the historical abuses perpetrated by the United States against Indigenous children at 18th- and 19th- century “boarding schools.” In counterpoint, we profiled many of the people — including Gerald Cournoyer, the new art director at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma — who are working to make this history more broadly understood and to restore Native cultures through art, activism and language preservation. When high school students shouted slurs at an Omaha tribal elder in early 2019, Ahtone and Graham Brewer, contributing editor, took the national media to task, in both the Washington Post unanswered if, after all the hard work, the data just isn’t there. Please pass on my thanks and high regard to your many staff people who have brought so much quality understanding to an area that richly deserves it. — Charles Wilkinson, Moses Lasky Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Colorado, July 15, 2019

Annual Report 5 and on hcn.org, for failing to categorize the students’ behavior as racist as well as for the lack of diversity in the national media’s workforce. Ahtone and Brewer’s critiques didn’t stop with the media and U.S. government. The desk also gave an authoritative account of the allegations of sexual, racial and workplace harassment at the National Congress of American Indians. For its efforts this year, the Indigenous Affairs Desk won eight first-place awards, nine second- place awards and two third-place awards from the Native American Journalists Association. “A tale of two housing crises, rural and urban,” a feature by Julian Brave NoiseCat, was nominated for the 2019 Livingston Award for excellence in local reporting. All of these stories had reach well beyond HCN’s print and website readership. They and others appeared in news outlets across the United States, including the Colorado Independent, the Albuquerque Journal North, Buzzfeed, Santa Fe Public Schools, Jackson Hole Daily, Crosscut, HuntingFishing.com and HuffPost, as well as those focused on Native news, including The Intercept, Indianz.com, Navajo-Hopi Observer, Indian Country Today, Yakama Nation Review, The First Nations Canada, Confederated Umatilla Journal, Native News Online and First Nation’s Focus.

Air, Water, Land High Country News kept a close eye on the third year of the Trump administration’s rollbacks to environmental rules, covering many breaking

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6 2018-19 Courtesy of Grand Canyon National Park stories. Among these were plans to transfer or open 28.3 million acres of federal lands in Alaska for development, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and vast tracts of the Tongass National Forest; plans to make 20 million acres across six BLM field offices available to oil and gas leasing; and the administration’s attempts to roll back the 2015 sage grouse plans, drill for oil and gas on the Pacific Coast and rescind regulations to limit methane emissions. The use and misuse of puplic land remains a core beat at HCN.

Climate Indeed, these stories are of deep relevance to the world as society comes to terms with our rapidly warming climate. HCN kept this topic at the fore, shining a light on the myriad and complex ways voters and decision-makers are responding to the effects of warming conditions on all aspects of life

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Annual Report 7 as we know it in the West: wildlife, water, farming, disease, sea level, fire, family relationships, taxes and finance.

Energy & Industry HCN focused this past year on the ways in which the nation continues to argue over environmental protection. Note especially our coverage of the ongoing industrialization of public lands and neighborhoods in Colorado and New Mexico’s hot spots for natural gas development, along with these states’ debates over how to regulate the industry and address the resulting impacts on public health. And, with the nuance and throughness typical of High Country News, we also shed light on the ways in which the business community and local and regional governments are attempting to solve the defining problem of our age — to lessen the effects of the climate crisis. One important story explains the “energy imbalance market.” In what is considered a first step toward unifying the Western grid, the market is expected to accommodate utilities as they share wind and solar power with each other, thereby reducing the need to burn gas and coal to meet spikes in demand. Another — from our Climate Desk partnership — explains how auto manufacturers and states are aligning themselves with the fuel-mileage standards promulgated by the Obama administration.

Borderlands The politics behind immigration and border policies have roiled the nation for two years. Our South Desk, with Associate Editor Paige Blankenbuehler in Durango and Assistant Editor Jessica Kutz in Tucson, has kept its eyes on the true costs of family separations, ICE raids, industrial detention centers, the border wall and deferred infrastructure maintenance in border towns. They have also given all of us hope by reporting on the communities, nonprofit organizations and leaders of all stripes working to defeat the militias and their vigilante “patrols” of the border.

8 2018-19 H HH Eight first-place awards, nine second-place awards and two third-place awards for our coverage of tribal affairs at the Native American Journalists Association 2019 National Native Media Awards

H HH 2019 Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy and Environment Writing for “The rising risks of the West’s latest gas boom” by Daniel Glick and Jason Plautz

H HH 2019 American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Reported Essay for “In this rapaciously dry year, a quiet question grows louder: What are we doing here?” by Cally Carswell

H HH Six first-place awards and one third-place award for our coverage of tribal affairs for the Native American Journalists Association 2018 National Native Media Awards

H HH 2018 Walter Sullivan Award for “Inside the Firestorm” by Douglas Fox

Annual Report 9 HCNU Students Relish Our Stories

his popular program delivers free class- room subscriptions to classrooms across T the West — and beyond — thanks to the support of generous donors. In 2018-2019, we served more than 275 university and high school educators and almost 15,000 students with free print subscriptions as well as full online access to our website content and archives. Recently, Assistant Editor Anna V. Smith was invited to her alma mater, the University of Oregon in Eugene — an HCNU participant — to speak with journalism students about the profession, what a magazine looks for in a pitch, and how to improve their stories. The class was well acquainted with HCN, and several would-be future interns were eager to apply.

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10 2018-19 “As a professor of U.S. public lands and oceans policy at Skidmore College, our semester-long subscription to High Country News has been a valuable asset for my students to stay engaged with the people and issues west of the Mississippi. We’ve read and discussed numerous HCN in-depth articles in class, and multiple students have had their letters to the editor published in HCN (and elsewhere!). We look forward to every issue we receive. … Such a meaningful teaching tool!” — Andrew J. Schneller, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York

“The High Country News classroom program has been a wonderful addition to my graduate course “Science of Environmental Management,” as the stories help students learn the important connection between scientists and policy on public lands.” — Dr. Jessica Young, Global Coordinator, Master in Environmental Management, Western Colorado University

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Annual Report 11 Smart, Courageous Journalism When It Matters Most

s High Country News enters our 50th year, we are eager to serve a society hungry for A authentic, intelligent journalism. In order to meet the growing environmental and social challenges the West faces — and continue to be a news leader — High Country News must become a fully resourced news organization with the power to inspire millions of citizens to make a difference in their communities.

Beginning in 2020, we plan to raise $10 million for ... DEEPER AND MORE COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE WEST Hire more — and more highly qualified — writers and editors to do deep-dive journalism focused on the West’s mounting environmental, political and social challenges. A LARGER AND BROADER AUDIENCE Expand our marketing efforts to ensure that our work reaches 100,000 subscribers and inspires them to act on behalf of the West. STABILIZE AND SUSTAIN HIGH COUNTRY NEWS’ BUSINESS MODEL Bolster our fundraising capacity to ensure the magazine’s quality and independence for generations to come. TECHNOLOGY THAT SUPPORTS A MODERN NEWS OPERATION Deploy 21st-century technology to reach new audiences, safeguard our journalists and better serve and engage readers. ESTABLISH AN ENDOWMENT FOR OUR INTERN AND FELLOW PROGRAM Train the next generations of ethical, highly skilled media professionals.

12 2018-19 Thank You For Your Support

or 49 years, reader contributions to High Country News have fueled our journalism. F We are grateful to every single donor whose generosity has kept us running.

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18 2018-19 Dave & Louise Stonington Nancy Wygant Janet Stonington Lynn Yamaoka Glen & Bonnie Strand Glenn Yocum & Emelie Olson Kit Strang Heidi & Clifton Youmans Bruce Struminger & Douglas Young Isabel Constable Jerry & Karen Zink Frank Swancara Jr. George Zyvoloski Rick Tallman & Lisa Flores Dalton & Nancy Tarwater John & Linda Taylor SUSTAINERS’ CLUB Larry D. Taylor Wayne Terrell IN HONOR Dennis Tharp David & Judith Thayer Sarah Bartelt Stephen J. Thomas Cameren, Aaron & Quentin Craig Thompson Theresa Cardenas H. Virginia Thompson Chris Collins John Thorup Cycle Farm Greg Tieman Dobson Ancestors, Barrett Toan & Paula O’Brien who helped settle the West John Triplett Grover & Olga Du Mars Mark & Kiyo Tukman Patrick Finley Susan Tweit Mayre Flowers Chuck Twichell & Ray Haertel Mary K. Stroh-Twichell Marc Haverland Stephen & Amy Unfried Immigrants and migrants Robert Utter Journalists, interns, clerks, Beverly Vasten-Wilson cleaning & maintenance Jayati Vora staff atHCN for the Cheryl Wagner excellent work that you do. Mary Wahl And photographers! Bruce Wahle Christopher Ketcham Lillian & Jim Wakeley Ashley Krest George & Nancy Wallace Paul Larmer Erich & Edie Warkentine Farley Maxwell Wendy Warrington Farley Mowat Peter & Mary Sue Waser Milo Nichols Michael Waterman Glen H. Phillips Swede & Min Weber Bob & Julie Phyliky Tim Welch Alyssa Pinkerton Gayle & Richard Wells Jim Proctor Jerry Welsh Cate Ritchie Peggy & Robert Wenrick Robert Sargent Sr. Dennis Wentz & Betty Brickson Jake Sigg Robert Westfall Emil Smith Robert Van Wetter Vernon & Wes Stewart Kelly White & Katy McHugh Dan Stonington & John Whitmer Emily Stonington-Hibbard William B. Wiener Jr. John & Carson Taylor Andy Wiessner Because of Donald Trump Polly Wiessner Ed Walford John Willard Burton D. Williams IN MEMORY Florence Williams Randy & Kathy Williams Tom Aron Tom Wilmore & Linda Magee Joann T. Athey Ken Winkes Ruth Barton Mark Winogrond Thomas W. Barton Kent Winterholler Dorthey & Stephen Beaver John C. Wise Tom Bell Jay Withgott & Susan Masta Frank Berger Sheldon & Elaine Wood Ralph Bidwell Steven & Mary Wood Keeley Bihr Tom & Linda Woodside Grace Blailock Susan D. Woolf Laurence Calvin Blunt Richard Worm Ignacio Bravo Mary Wright & Heron Stombock Jerry Cebula

Annual Report 19 Dan Crawford Linda Anderson Skyre Criswell William Anklam Dale & Barbara Croley David Armstrong & Laurel Dana Susan Jessup David L. Ford Devon Arguello Kathy Glinski Gordon Ash Rosemarie Goodbody Marian Ashe Eric Hare James Baack Harley Frances Bagenal Maggie Laughing Hawk John D. Bailey Woody Hesselbarth Susan Baker Jean Jennings John Baldauf H. Lloyd Keith Brad T. Barber Kitty Rutgers & Leslie Barclay Dorothy & Jerry Lacy James N. Barnes Roy C. Langford Joyce & John Barnes Mama Laura Thomas Barnes Sherwood & Gordon Legg Carol & Jim Barry Franklin Long Britt Bassett & Ilana Stern Scott Low Thomas Beach & Barbara Machan Barbara Peterson Norma McCallan Jim & Kat Beal Ken McDonald Lee Beatty Dave McKee Suzanne Beauchaine Tom Nimlos (Dr. Dirt) Anne E. Beckett Howard Lewis Patterson John D. Belkin Tom Pick William C. Belknap John & Edith Pierpont Bob & Toni Bell Tia Pullen Judy Bell Joan Reichard-Baxter Margaret E. Bell Patrene Rice Joseph P. Belli My mom, Gladys Richter Leslie Benson Rattana Ros Linda Bergstrom Richard Lon Rowland Karl & Ann Bernhard Forrest Sandberg Dale L. Berry Richard West Sellars Peggy Berry Marcia Suter Roger Best Norman & Mary Taylor Ann Bieri & John Fleming Kenneth Tegtman Ruth & Irving Bigio Randy Udall Ilene Bilenky Stewart Udall Naomi & John Bishop Paul VanDusen Bill Black & Nancy DuTeau Leroy Varela Alex Blackmer Matilda Willis Weber Dave & Sue Blake Gilbert White Benjamin Blaugrund Betty Wigington David A. Bloom Loretta Bober FOUNDATIONS Kathryn Boehnke & BUSINESSES Sage & Elly Boerke Bob Bolin Duct Tape Then Beer, LLC Linell Bollacker Kathryn A. Bollhoefer INDIVIDUAL Robert & Barbara Bonner Ryan Botkins & Anonymous (54) Jenna Borovansky Botkins Jae Abel Dawn S. Bowen Dave Abell Jim & Donna Bowersox Russ & Larrine Abolt John R. Bowlin Linda Adams Maureen & John Bowman David E. Adelman Laura Bracken Annette & Robert Aguayo Stan & Glenda Bradshaw Kelly Aldridge Christopher Brady Sarah Allan & Chris Little Bryan Brandel Catherine Allen Raymond Bransfield Joanne Allen John & Susan Brennan Franz Amador & Dorothy Neville Robert Bricca Amy Anderson & Tim Peterson Richard Briesmeister David & Kay Anderson Sara Briles

20 2018-19 Aaron Brockett & Amanda Cundiff Cherry-Rose Anderson Bill Cutler & Elisabeth Suter Paul Brockmann Linda Dahl Diane Brookshire Douglas & Natalie Danforth Darrell Brown Bernard Dare Hamilton Brown Grey & Rebekah Davis Todd Brown William E. Davis Mike Browning & Rick Day Frances Hartogh Betsy E. de Leiris Marilyn Bruner Jay Dean & Stefani Bittner James Brunt & Mariel Campbell Edward DeFrancia Ruth M. Bryant Darla DeRuiter & Darrel Jury Harry G. Bubb Charles DeTar John Buckley Jim & Kathy Dice Jan Burnham & Ray Carney Steve Dike Craig Bury Reed & Karen Dils Caroline Byrd Karen L. Dingle Deborah Byrd Terry & Dennis Divoky Michael Caltagirone Jean Lown & Bryan Dixon Elnora Cameron William Doelle & Sumter Camp Linda Mayro Corky Capps Jody & Nate Donovan Joyce Carlough Michael Dotson Brian Carlson Georgia P. Doubler & Terry Carlson Anne N. Smith Harrison Carpenter John E. Douglas Duane & Arleta Carr Carl Douhan John Carron & Traci Telander Frederick R. Dowsett David & Cheryl Carrothers Janet B. Draper Andrew & Nancy Carson Ellen Drew Jack Carter & Linda Gohl Alice Drogin Mark Chambers Bryan DuFosse Joseph Christy Robert Dye & Donna Koster Paul Chuljian Joe Eaglesfether Jeremiah Church Chris Eastin Minette Church Renee & Sid Eder James Citta Anne E. Egger Sally Claassen & Tracy & Michael Ehlers Mark Darlington John & Louise Eise Bill & Mary Clark Glenn & Denice Elison Jim & Vicki Clark Gunnar & Cindy Ellsmore Alice & Dan Claycomb Richard Engelmann Paul & Julie Cleary Dianne Engleke Julia Cole & Jonathan Overpeck Pat Engrissei Ronald Collins Eugene Escamilla Mark & Linda Colville Kevin Essington Francis Colwell Art Evans Grant Combs Brock Evans & Linda Garcia Andrea Commaker Gary & Paula Evershed Janet L. Condino Julie Ewing Jim Condit David Eye Elizabeth H. Conover Kevin Eyraud Gaywynn Cooper Dick Farley Harris Cooper Mike & Mary Farrell Ken Cooper Walter J. Faust & Heather Copeland Patricia Gerrodette Robert M. Copeland Nancy A. Federspiel Dave & Char Corkran Barbara Fenton John Cornely Leslie Ferriel & Evan Simmons Scott & Sharon Corsaut Nancy Field John W. & Darlene Cotton Thomas K. Fink Robert Craig Terry Fisk & Julia Fowler Bernetha Crawford Peter S. Fitch Margaret Crim Ann Fitzsimmons & Diane Cross John R. Gould Steve Cross Kelly Fleming Kelly Cruser Kate Flint Cal Cumin Michael & Sandra Flood

Annual Report 21 Mark Flower Philomena Hausler & Karen & Dee Fogelquist Brant McGee John & Robin Fortuna Gary W. Hawk Barb & Mark Fowler Alan G. Heath Mike Fox Scott & Claudia Hein Manuel Franco Jennifer & Gary Heit Chris Frazier Michael Helling Clay Frick Bill Helwig William Friese & Staci Mayer Tanya Henderson Bob Fulkerson Jack Heneghan Carl Gable Bill & Cindy Henk Patricia & Glenn Gaesser Bruce N. Herring Len Gallagher Renita Herrmann Roy Gandolfi Mary Hertert Steven Garner Todd Herzer Rosanne Garrett Susan Heyneman Steve Garvan Woody Hickcox Marla M. Gault Hickman Family Judith Gearhart Bill & Wende Hill Janie Gebhardt Vernon & Melinda Hill Brian Gee Cheryl Hilliard Menzies John & Molly Geissman Brad & Martha Hinman Lorrie Gervin John & Kristen Hinman Jim Githens & Valerie Gilliam Allen Hjelmfelt Dick Gilmore Jan Hodder & Mike Graybill Joe Godleski Elisabeth A. Holland Jana & Bill Goodman Tom Holyoke Jayne Goodwin & Heidi Hopkins Terry Simpson Lois Horst Beatrice Gordon Daniel Horton & Rita Kester Lanny Goyn Jan & Gary Houk Jim Grady & Suzanne Hoest Laurel Howe Sharon Grady & Lissa & Justin Howe Michael Marks Virginia K. Howle Douglas & Joan Graham Alan Stearns & Leslie A. Graham Heidi Huber-Stearns Kathy Grassel Terri J. Huck Pat Grediagin Laura Huenneke Harry Greene Vicki Huff & Eric Boerwinkle Morgan Greene William & Laura Huggins Jim & Loma Griffith Mary Humstone & Bryan Grigsby & George Burnette Anne Dougherty Walter & Sherry Hunner Maggie Charsley & Cailin Hunsaker Armand Groffman Janet & Bill Hunt Heidi Guenin & Ernie Hunter Ken Southerland Rita K. Hunter Erica A. Guinn Heather Huppe Karen & Tom Guter Diane Hurd Francis Hagan Alan & Elizabeth Huth David W. Hamilton Cheryl Ingersoll Joan & Bruce Hamilton Eric Irvin Linda Hamilton James Irving Kimberly Hamilton-Lam Barbara Iverson Richard & Alice Hammer Brantley Jackson Linda H. Hanes Ken Jacobsen Linda & Lloyd Hannan Joy & Lynn Jamison Kimberly Hannula Christopher Jannusch Karla Hansen Lawrence Jansen & David Harden & Pamela Blair Lesley Wischmann Matt Harding Roger & Karen Innes Laurel Harkness Terry E. Jess Robert W. Harper Joyce Johns Anne Harrington BENJOHNSON! Robyn Harrison & Dorothy Johnson & Tom Hyden Greg Parsons Diana Hartel Thomas J. Jones Charleen Hauser-Mahardy William Joyce

22 2018-19 Robin D. Kaai Tmothy Manring Linda Kahan Mike Mansfield Betsey & Brian Kanes Sara Maples Mary Karner Margaret J. Marshall Sheldon Katz Don & Maureen Martin Robert H. Kaufman Paul W. Martin Georgia Keeran Vaughn & Mary Martin K-Lynn Cameron & Bob Keller Steve Martinek Susan Kenzle & Ken Lawrence Marian Martinez Dale & Paula Keys Patricia Matthews Mina Kidd Chuck & LeeAnn McAda Larry Kilborn Kevin McCabe & Janet Frigo Sean Kimbrel Marilyn McCord Timothy M. Kingston Dan McCormack Charles & Catherine Kinney William McCrosky Judith & Edward Kinzie LouAnn McCune & Lowell Lull Thomas & Gail Cornwall John McEldowney Emily Klein Don McGowan Larry Kline Lucy Ware McGuffey Mary E. Kline Douglas McIntosh John Koenig Gary A. McNaughton Arthur & Angie Kolis Marcia & John McWilliams Michael & Mary Kottke Errol E. Meidinger & Yves W. Kraus Margaret A. Shannon John Krause & Deborah Hunt Robert & Catherine Melich Naomi & Ward Kroencke Mark Mellbye Bill & Beth Krumbein Jr. Andrew & Debra Melnykovych Paul Krusa & Elaine Curry Isabel Melvin Bruce & Donna Kuehne Evan Metcalf Robert Kuluvar Alexa Metrick Susan Kusch Grant Meyer & Paula Muir Watt Steve LaFleur Kent M. Micho R. L. Latterell Richard M. Middleton Tina & Brian Leahy John C. Miles Susan & Greg Ledges Claire Miller Roy E. Lee Harold Miller Douglas V. Leen James & Marsha Miller Scott Lefler Joan E. Miller Bonnie Lemons Evan Milton Theodor Lichtmann Jerry Mishler Dennis & Kathy Lieberg William Mohrman Susan Linner Mia Monroe & Steve Meyer Lynn Lipscomb Jonathan Moore & John Lissoway & Suellen Strale Katharine Hobart Darryl Lloyd Paula & Gregory Moore Alan Locklear & Marie Valleroy Tom Moore & Karen Den Braven Kathy & Jake Lodato Douglas & Laura Moran Edna Loehman Paul Moreno Joseph Losi Cathy Morin Arthur Luna & Sheila Morris Joanne Sharkey-Luna Michael Murphy Donna Lusby Deborah Summer Muth Kenneth Luttrell Adele Myers Mark Luttrell & Ann Ghicadus Lynn Nebus Dale & Jackie Maas Robert T. & Mary T. Neher Steve & Carol Maass Marchy Woodwell Neilson Don Macalady Damie Nelson & Carl Levi David J. MacDonald John T. Nelson Charles E. MacFarland Lynne Nemeth Beau MacGregor Michael & Teresa Newberry Jean T. MacGregor Henry & Jay Newburgh Diane Madigan Mike Newsham & Kent Madin & Linda Svendsen Barbara Micheel Adria Magrath Jeff & Nancy Neyenhouse Anna Mahorski Jack Nicholl Zachary Maillard Ann E. Nichols Caroline Malde Eunice Nicholson Richard Mangan Jonathan & Katherine Niles

Annual Report 23 Mitch Noonan Andrea J. Ray David & Kay Norris Dorothy & Peter Raymond Jodi R. Norris Rod Reckard Kenneth Norton Stephen & Mary Sue Record Phil Norton Scott Redmond Norman Norvelle Timothy Redmond Christine O’Connor Steve & Diana Reese Molly O’Reilly & Craig Reger Steve Lockwood Paula Reitz Laura J. Ohm Dot Rhodes Jeff Oliver Robin Richard Gary M. Olson Douglas A. Richardson Robert Daniel Olson Laura & Paul Ricks John H. & Barbara Ormiston William B. Riker Rex Oyler Bruce M. Riley David & Vicki Page Mike Riley Calvin & Helen Pagel C. Lee Rimel Claire Palmer Raynelle Rino-Southon Arthur Paolini Judy Roach Patrick Park Lynda Roberts Don Parker Elizabeth Robinson Laila Parker & Justin Brant Shelby Robinson & Parker Family Michael Balogh Kevin Parks Jay Rodman John J. Parodi & Laura Rodriguez Elizabeth Mota Hans Rohner & Don Parsons Mary Jo Brodzik Jim Parys Bernard Rose & Laura Patterson Marge McArthur Bev Paulan Donald Ross William Peabody Margaret Rostkowski Elizabeth Penfield Stan Rovira Susan Pennington Charlott Rubin Roberta Perry Richard L. Rubin Marsha Perry-Ellis Penny & Mike Rucks Brian & Abbie Peters Scott & Kathy Rudge Thomas Peterson John Ruffner Carol Petrovsky Terrance & Mary Lynn Ryan Lou Petterchak Joyce Ryba David Pierson Dave & Marilyn Sabold Neill Piland Mary Jo Sage John T. Pitlak Mary Sari Cathryn & Martin Pokorny Dave Saylors Steve Ponder & PB Schechter Kathy Campbell Tim Schirber George Ponte David Schirokauer Joan Poor Rodger Schmitt Jayne Poorbaugh & Larry Schneider Malcolm Miller Mark Schneider Elizabeth & Christopher Pope Frances Schneider Liau Jim Porter & Sarah Palmer Lucy & John Schott Margaret Porter & Don & Jane Schreiber James Knifong Alyssa Schrems Richard S. Posey Jeff Sconyers & Thomas M. Power Debra Godfrey David & Mirjana Prather Lucy & John Scopinich Tom Pratum John Scott Stuart & Vicki Preece Kate & Charles Segerstrom Helen Price Gordon & Janis Shackelford Carolyn Prinster Barbara & Bud Shark Peter B. Pruett Christine Sheeter Ken Pulver Karin P. Sheldon & Robert W. Putsch James Thurber Charles Quimby & Leila Shepherd Susan Cushman Sally Sherman Rebecca Quintana Doris & Bob Sherrick Joe & Andrea Quiroz Christine & Mike Siddoway Kenneth Ragland Valerie & Scott Simon

24 2018-19 Jeanne Simonelli Kristiina Vogt Daniel Slater & Ann Wiemert Chrilo Von Gontard Robert L. Slatten Kirk & Kris Vyverberg Doug & Joanne Smith Eliza Walbridge Larry & Debbie Smith Ellen R. Walker Larry & Margie Smith Frederick Walker Jr. Robert B. Smith Kody Wallace & Florian & Lou Smoczynski Gary W. Donaldson Jim & Nancy Soriano Fred Walls Mary Lou Soscia Terry & Janet Walmer Timothy C. Spangler Eric Waltari Alicia Springer & Beth Walukas Christopher P. Thomas Robin Waples & Paula Jenson Julie Anne Sprinkle John & Anita Ward Marjory Stage Libby Wargo Welker Carrie Starr & Ernest Kirk Vicki Warner-Huggins Starr John & Paula Warren The Frog Pond at Thomas Wasmund Blue Moon Farm Howard Watts III & Nancy Stevens & Charlie Davis Leora Olívas Darlene Marie Steward Jana Weber Jim & Peggy Stewart Cathy & Norm Weeden Lon R. Stewart Stephen C. Weeg & James Stickman Nancy Greco Rick & Lynne Stinchfield John M. Weh Robert Stoffregen W. C. Weil Oliver & Erescene Stokes Charlene Weir Marilyn Stone Robert & Jill Welborn Daniel Stonington Alacia Welch Liz & Gordon Stonington David Wells David & Miriam Stout Miriam Wells Bill Strawbridge & Gordon West Meg Wallhagen Janet Westbrook Tina Street Bruce Weydemeyer & Andrea Suhaka Charlotte Kinney Donald Sullivan Bryce A. Wheeler Mike Sullivan Nadia White Lorraine Suzuki Patty & Bert Whitley Steve Swanson & Arianna & William Whitman Val Metropoulos Marilyn Whittaker Diane Szollosi Rochelle Williams Liz Taintor Barbara Willcox Sherrion Taylor & Sid Lewis James Willett William Taylor Byron Williams Gail & Marv Tester Larry & Becky Williams Steven Teynor Steve Williams John Thiemeyer Judy & Don Willott Alice Thomassen Bill Wilson John Tirman Sharon L. Wilson Russell B. Toal Susan Wilson Mike Todd George Winters Larry E. Tomberlin Janet Wise & Paul Michalec Chuck Tonn John Wise Constance L. Trecartin Lee Witter Janna Treisman Barbara Wolf Sue Trevathan & Jim Bazemore Sheldon Wood Dale & RuthAnn Turnipseed Greg Woodall Jessica Turnley Slim Woodruff William Tweed Steve & Susan Woods Chuck Twichell & Jack L. Wright Mary K. Stroh-Twichell James & Brenda Werz R. T. Twiddy Thomas C. & Pamela A. Wylie James Tydings Dave Yokel & Bruce Van Haveren Kathy Taylor Yokel William Vancil Marianna Young MaryBeth & Mark Vellequette Paul Zarn Eve Vogel Wendy Zeigler & Jamie Longe Kenneth J. Vogler Paquita Zuidema

Annual Report 25 High Country News Profit & Loss October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019 October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018

ANNUAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE 2018-’19 2017-’18 Donations $ 1,697,691 1,581,625 Subscriptions 921,644 919,196 Grants and Other Contributions 688,719 516,320 Advertising/Sponsorships/ 150,303 108,918 Events Miscellaneous 53,501 41,009 (single issue sales, syndication sales, royalties, investment income, etc.)

TOTAL $ 3,511,858 3,167,068

48.3% Donations

49.9%

26.2% Subscriptions

29.0%

19.6% Grants and Other Contributions

16.3%

4.3% Advertising/Sponsorships/Events

3.4%

1.5% Miscellaneous

1.3%

Note: These numbers are unaudited estimates.

26 2018-19 EXPENSES 2018-’19 2017-’18 Production & Fulfillment $ 997,529 985,507 Editorial Content 1,062,312 1,016,039 Subscription Sales & Outreach 324,456 293,628 Administration & IT 478,170 339,555 Development & Fundraising 467,327 336,343 Overhead 212,300 171,889 Advertising/Sponsor Sales 88,736 82,744

TOTAL $ 3,630,830 3,225,705

Net Income/(Expense) $ (118,972) (58,637)

27.5% Production & Fulfillment

30.6%

29.3% Editorial Content

31.5%

8.9% Subscription Sales & Outreach

9.1%

13.2% Administration & IT

10.5%

12.9% Development & Fundraising

10.4%

5.8% Overhead

5.3%

2.4% Advertising/Sponsor Sales

2.6%

Annual Report 27 Our Mission High Country News is a 501(c)3 nonprofit media organization that covers the important issues and stories that define the American West. Its mission is to inform and inspire people — through in-depth journalism — to act on behalf of the West’s diverse natural and human communities. Board of Directors Jay Dean Wayne Hare President Grand Junction, Colorado Lafayette, California Laura Helmuth Samaria Jaffe Rockville, Maryland Vice-President Osvel Hinojosa San Rafael, California Baja California, Mexico Bryan Pollard Nicole Lampe Secretary Portland, Oregon Farmington, Arizona Marla Painter Brian Beitner Albuquerque, Treasurer New Mexico Boulder, Colorado Raynelle Rino John Heyneman Oakland, California Treasurer Sheridan, Wyoming Estee Rivera Murdock Estes Park, Colorado John Belkin Aspen, Colorado Rick Tallman Denver, Colorado Seth Cothrun San Luis Obispo, Andy Wiessner California Snowmass, Colorado Bob Fulkerson Florence Williams Reno, Nevada Washington, DC Anastasia Greene Luis Torres, Emeritus Seattle, Washington Santa Cruz, New Mexico

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