HighCountryObservations

Most people talk about public lands. Few explain how they actually work. High Country Observations breaks down: • Wildfire & suppression • Wildlife policy & management • The legal structure behind it all Field notes, threads, and deep dives ↓ @highcountryobservations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@highcountryob… Stay Outside

The standard should be manufacturing products that are safe and effective for agriculture, wildlife, and the ecosystem as a whole, not immunity because they’re a known danger. #monsanto #glyphosate

There’s always a good excuse to go glass for elk, even if archery season is still 4 months away. #conservation #Elk -Moffat County, Colorado

Because at some point, if tech does all the work, it’s not hunting anymore. #hunting #conservation

The question isn’t what’s possible. It’s where the line is drawn.

At what point does hunting stop being hunting?

The entire U.S. conservation system depends heavily on one group of people and it’s shrinking. Not general taxes, but hunters and anglers who fund it through licenses, tags, and excise taxes. When participation was stable, that worked. Now, more people use the resource than fund it. That gap won’t stay theoretical. #Conservation #PublicLands

@dmorrow11511 @RepRNeill We just dropped two articles on what's actually happening with Wildfire in the West and the USFS. Both of which thoroughly cite sources. Forest Service: open.substack.com/pub/highcountr… Wildfire: open.substack.com/pub/highcountr…

@RepRNeill Reilly, you gonna site sources? We are not stupid, stop with the BS.

We need science to plan, adapt, survive. Wildfire in the Bitterroot. Drought on the Hi-Line. USFS fire modelers: gone. USDA climate researchers: gone. They served the public. They were sacrificed for billionaire tax cuts. #Montana deserves better. #ReillyforMontana

@NebPubMediaNews Modern ag has simplified the landscape: fewer hedgerows, fewer insects, fewer places to nest. GLYPHOSATE. That’s where the decline shows up.

A study found that bird populations are declining at a faster pace in agricultural areas, especially in the Midwest. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-a…

@JohnMoreno_33 @TheNextSummitA1 That’s still a great accomplishment man!

@TheNextSummitA1 One Fourteener was enough for me. Now, at 79 attempting to do another would be foolish.

Nobody wants to say this: Colorado 14er culture has a machismo problem. Pretending altitude doesn't affect you doesn't make you tough. It makes you a statistic.

The deeper you get into public-land policy, the less it becomes “use vs preservation” and the more it becomes competence vs short-termism. #Conservation

A serious conservation position has to hold two truths: domestic production matters, and not every landscape should carry the same burden. #EnergyPolicy #WildlifePolicy

@DenverChannel Beautiful animal

"A stunning example of a Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram. Seen at Sheep Lakes at Rocky Mountain National Park 4/20/26" 📸 Karla Kalcevic