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Zoë Carpenter

Reporter · US

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Zoë Carpenter

    How old battles over land, power and identity continue to shape the West’s politics - High Country News (opens the original)

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    In 1980, HCN writer Joan Nice reported on a convention of “sagebrush rebels,” a group of legislators, industry representatives and local citizens united by the desire to wrest control of millions of acres of Western public lands from the federal government. The event was “part celebration, part show,” Nice wrote, capturing the rapid elevation of what had been a fringe regional movement to the national stage. Ronald Reagan, a self-proclaimed sagebrush rebel, had been elected president weeks earli

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · by Zoë Carpenter

    October 2026: Origin Stories - High Country News (opens the original)

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    In this unusual issue, “Origin Stories,” we resurrect three High Country News stories on topics that continue to influence the West, sometimes in unexpected ways. “Rebels Revel in New Power, Polish” — from December 1980, when the then-newspaper was based in Lander, Wyoming — takes us back to the rise of the Sagebrush Rebellion and the election of Ronald Reagan, raising issues that are still relevant today. 1997’s “Beauty and the Beast” reckons with the tumultuous birth of Grand Staircase-Escalan

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