Monday, September 22, 2025

Anna V. Smith, Umar Farooq and Mark Olalde

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Anna V. Smith is an associate editor of High Country News. She writes and edits stories on tribal sovereignty and environmental justice for the Indigenous Affairs desk from Colorado. Umar Farooq is an Ancil Payne Fellow with ProPublica. Mark Olalde is a reporter at ProPublica covering the environment in the Southwest.

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