High Country Observations examines the forces shaping land, water, wildlife, agriculture, infrastructure, law, and conservation across the American landscape.Through in-depth field notes, interviews, and long-form analysis, we explore the systems behind the headlines, from public lands and predator management to energy development, water rights, food production, environmental policy, and the future of the modern Landscape.Our approach is simple: aggressive in research, measured in conclusions, slow to accuse, and fast to understand.Protect Land. Protect People. Understand Systems.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHigh Country Observations examines the forces shaping land, water, wildlife, agriculture, infrastructure, law, and conservation across the American landscape. Through in-depth field notes, interviews, and long-form analysis, we explore the systems behind the headlines, from public lands and predator management to energy development, water rights, food production, environmental policy, and the future of the modern Landscape.
High Country Observations is hosted by HCO. The show has published 22 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "HCO Episode: 022: Foreign Beef, Domestic Herds, and the Price of Temporary Relief" (31 August 2026, 17 minutes), "HCO Episode: 021: The "Just Stop Growing Alfalfa" Argument" (27 August 2026, 21 minutes), and "HCO Episode: 020: Data Centers on Trial" (26 August 2026, 22 minutes).
High Country Observations publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 22 episodes.
Booking probability for High Country Observations is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. High Country Observations requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. High Country Observations's contact route on record: verified email.
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HCO hosts High Country Observations, a society podcast with 22 episodes published.
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HCO Episode 022: Foreign Beef, Domestic Herds, and the Price of Temporary Relief Beef prices are high. The American cattle herd is historically tight. And the Trump administration is turning to more imported beef to...
The “Just Stop Growing Alfalfa” Argument Agriculture uses most of the Colorado River’s water. Alfalfa uses a lot of that agricultural water. So why not just stop growing it? It’s an increasingly common argument in...
Episode #20
Data Centers on Trial: The Legal Fights Spreading Across the Country For the last several years, America’s data-center boom has largely been discussed as a technology story, but it is quickly becoming a legal one...
The Colorado River After 2026: The Rules Are Expiring. The Water Problem Is Not. For most of the last century, the Colorado River was governed around a basic assumption, that there would be enough water to divide. That...
Hemp: The Crop We Spent a Century Misunderstanding For most of American history, hemp wasn’t controversial. It was useful. It supplied fiber for rope, sails, textiles and other basic materials. Then cannabis prohibition...
Episode #17
Seed Oils: What We Actually Know Seed oils have somehow become one of the biggest arguments in American food. Depending on who you listen to, they’re either poisoning us or there’s absolutely nothing worth worrying...
The Last Year Without a Grizzly Hunt Grizzly bears have been protected under the Endangered Species Act in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for decades. But after years of population recovery, litigation, state...
The United States has prohibited domestic horse slaughter for human consumption for nearly two decades, yet thousands of American horses continue to enter the international slaughter market each year through exports to...
Episode 14: Oregon’s PEACE Act (IP 28): A Legal and Policy Analysis Oregon’s proposed PEACE Act (IP 28) has become one of the most controversial ballot initiatives in the country. Supporters argue it would strengthen...
Episode 13: 250 Years of American Land and Wildlife. Systems That Endured and Systems That Changed. Stand with us on a high ridge as we mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a clear-eyed...
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HCO Episode 012: MEGADROUGHT, AI Data Centers, Western Water Stress, and the Evolving Legal Landscape In the American West, water is life, and the systems governing it are under unprecedented strain. As megadrought...
HCO Episode 011: Cartel Cattle – Mexican Drug Cartels’ Influence on America’s Cattle Industry and U.S. Biosecurity Risks The return of New World screwworm to the United States is more than a parasite story. It is a...
<p>Episode 010: Drone Hunting and the Future of Fair Chase</p><p><br></p><p>Drones are transforming agriculture, ranching, conservation, and wildlife management across the American West. Now they're forcing hunters...
<p>Subsidies, Regulation, and Who Shapes American Land Use</p><p><br></p><p>Most people never think about the Farm Bill.</p><p><br></p><p>Yet behind one of the largest and least understood pieces of legislation in...
<p>People talk about “federal land” like ownership and control are simple.</p><p><br></p><p>They’re not.</p><p><br></p><p>Across the American West, public land debates shape everything from grazing and wildlife...
<p>Glyphosate is everywhere right now.</p><p>In the courts. </p><p>In Congress. </p><p>On farms. </p><p>In forests. </p><p>And increasingly, in the public conversation itself.</p><p>In this episode of High Country...
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<p>Today is National Arbor Day. And at the same time, you’re seeing headlines suggesting the United States Forest Service is “shutting down.” </p><p>This episode looks at what’s actually happening. </p><p>Forests in the...
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<p>Wildfire in the American West is not just a natural event, it is shaped by law, policy, and the limits of institutional capacity.</p><p><br></p><p>From the Big Burn of 1910 to the Yarnell Hill Fire, this episode...
<p>The Senate is voting on whether to reopen mineral leasing upstream of one of the most intact freshwater systems in North America: the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode breaks down...
<p>Country of Origin Labeling sounds simple.</p><p>Know where your beef comes from.</p><p>But in practice, origin moves through a complex system, across borders, processors, and markets, before it ever reaches a...
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