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Josephine Woolington

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writer + musician in Portland, Ore.🌲 josephinewoolington.com

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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In the second year that the U.S. Forest Service suspended commercial harvest in Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Ḱamíłpa Band members report feeling safer in fields, though sale of wild berries persists. www.underscore.news/land/food-so...
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Commercial Picking Ban Eases Huckleberry Harvest for Tribal Gatherers, But Enforcement Challenges Remain - Underscore Native News
In the second year that the U.S. Forest Service suspended commercial harvest in Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Ḱamíłpa Band members report feeling safer in fields, though sale of wild berries persis...
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Toastie @btoastie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Many Americans have never read or even seen a treaty. So we picked one and asked its heirs -- tribal leaders and treaty experts from Western Washington -- to chat about it with us. Here's how they explained it, in their own words.
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Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
So honored to have a story in the latest issue of Orion! 🐋✨
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Jason Dove Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I was blown away by this feature story in @highcountrynews.org by @jwoolington.bsky.social: "While Chinookan peoples built boats to fit the river, the [Army] Corps built the river to fit boats." It takes a real talent to make an ostensibly dry subject like this sing. www.hcn.org/issues/58-6/...
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Dredging the Columbia River at the expense of tribal and aquatic communities - High Country News
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ deepening of the lower Columbia River has transformed lifeways for tribal and aquatic communities.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 11/06/2026
For more than a century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the Columbia River estuary, transforming a lifeway for tribes and aquatic communities into an imperial river. How much more can it take? buff.ly/zZr4tp5
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Dredging the Columbia River at the expense of tribal and aquatic communities - High Country News
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ deepening of the lower Columbia River has transformed lifeways for tribal and aquatic communities.
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Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
For the last year, I’ve been working on this piece, about sand, people and the lower Columbia River’s engineered undoing. Grateful that it’s featured in @highcountrynews.org June issue. www.hcn.org/issues/58-6/...
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Dredging the Columbia River at the expense of tribal and aquatic communities - High Country News
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ deepening of the lower Columbia River has transformed lifeways for tribal and aquatic communities.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 06/02/2026
Two tribes are showing how saving sage grouse, and other iconic species of the West’s vast sagebrush steppe, will require are assessment of the widespread cattle grazing that has become an emblem of the landscape.
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What’s needed to protect sage grouse? Less grazing. - High Country News
Two tribes are showing how saving sage grouse, and other iconic species of the West’s vast sagebrush steppe, will require are assessment of the widespread cattle grazing that has become an emblem of...
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Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I’ve been working on this story for the last year and am excited to finally share it. Grateful for @highcountrynews.org and Brett Sam, who did the lovely artwork. www.hcn.org/issues/58-2/...
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What’s needed to protect sage grouse? Less grazing. - High Country News
Two tribes are showing how saving sage grouse, and other iconic species of the West’s vast sagebrush steppe, will require are assessment of the widespread cattle grazing that has become an emblem of t...
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
@jwoolington.bsky.social on the sage grouse beat! 👏👏👏
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Henry Brannan @henrybrannan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
USFS is weighing whether to extend a temporary 2025 ban on commercial huckleberry harvests in Gifford Pinchot. The ban followed decades of advocacy by Native nations motivated by significant harms to berry habitat, gatherer safety and treaty-reserved rights. www.columbian.com/news/2026/ja...
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Forest Service seeks feedback on Gifford Pinchot commercial huckleberry harvest
The U.S. Forest Service announced a new public survey Wednesday to investigate the impacts of its 2025 ban on commercial huckleberry harvests in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Two things felt different to the ppl I spoke with who’d been protesting at the ICE building for months. 1st was the sheer volume of tear gas, pepper balls and flash-bangs used, seemingly unprovoked. 2nd was seeing so many videographers/live-streamers embedded with the feds as they marched out.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 15/09/2025
A study this summer, led in partnership between the Yakama Nation, Heritage University and Northwest Indian College, is the first to document the presence of an invasive fruit fly in huckleberry fields on tribal land. buff.ly/llJ0GJu
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Invasive fruit fly hits the Yakama Nation’s huckleberry fields  - High Country News
Students from Heritage University and Northwest Indian College were the first to document the presence of the spotted wing drosophila on the Yakama Nation Reservation — a first step to help eradicate…
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Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi @clahchischiligi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The U.S. Forest Service announced Monday that it will temporarily prohibit commercial picking of huckleberries this summer in Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwestern Washington. ✏️ @jwoolington.bsky.social
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Forest Service pauses commercial huckleberry picking in Gifford Pinchot National Forest - High Country News
The berries are a critical resource for the Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation and have become a big market of the Pacific Northwest food industry.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 31/03/2025
For over a century, the Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation has fought to protect treaty-protected huckleberry fields from mismanagement & commercial exploitation. Now, they’re working to ban large-scale commercial harvesting.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 31/03/2025
Join Journalist Josephine Woolington in conversation with members of the Ḱamíłpa Band to discuss their ongoing struggle for food sovereignty & treaty rights. 📅 Wednesday, April 9 📍 Native Arts and Cultures Foundation - Center for Native Arts and Cultures 🔗 Learn more & register: buff.ly/XQIc08V
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Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Really looking forward to this free event next week, and I’m so grateful that the Native Arts + Cultures Foundation has opened their space for us. @epiphany-couch-art.bsky.social will display her gorgeous art that accompanied my @highcountrynews.bsky.social feature. Join us! bit.ly/huckleberries
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Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Grateful for the opportunity to talk about my @highcountrynews.bsky.social huckleberry story and tribal food sovereignty on Native America Calling today with Elaine Harvey and Bronsco Jim Jr. open.spotify.com/episode/2rJf...
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Friday, March 28, 2025 – Tribes vie for better access to traditional plants
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 18/03/2025
The Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation has wanted an end to commercial picking of a critical cultural resource for years. Finally, the Forest Service is expected to make a decision.
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The true cost of the huckleberry industry - High Country News
The Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation has wanted an end to commercial picking of a critical cultural resource for years. Finally, the Forest Service is expected to make a decision.
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Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Thank you @kuow.org for having Elaine Harvey and me on today to talk about the commercialization of huckleberries. www.kuow.org/stories/huck...
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Huckleberries are culturally important food, Tribes say it isn't treated like one
Native people have been picking huckleberries for generations and huckleberry harvests in the mountains are one of the major food gathering events for Tribes. But many say a combination of federal fo...
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Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Saw the SpaceX Starship explode during sunset from Key West tonight
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Josephine Woolington @jwoolington.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I’ve been working on this story for @highcountrynews.bsky.social for many months and am so grateful to members of the Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation for all that they shared with me. Also so grateful to @epiphany-couch-art.bsky.social for her stunning art. 💜 www.hcn.org/issues/57-3/...
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The true cost of the huckleberry industry - High Country News
The Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation has wanted an end to commercial picking of a critical cultural resource for years. Finally, the Forest Service is expected to make a decision.
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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
"Water’s presence in a city is difficult to notice. It’s like training your eye to see negative space—absence is the story.” Josephine Woolington writes about learning to see the many hidden and buried waterways that shape Portland. Read the essay, now online: oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine...
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The Flow Below
Josephine Woolington writes about learning to see the hidden springs and streams that shape Portland.
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