Can bandits: Recycling fraud hits California

Criminal rings are defrauding California of millions of dollars — one nickel at a time.

California crab-boat captain powers through tsunami to safety

As the first waves from the Japanese tsunami hit Crescent City last Friday, a crab-boat captain made a last-minute decision to run his boat out to sea.

In Navajoland, a contentious water deal divides the tribe

The Navajo tribe is asserting its right to Colorado River water for the 170,000 Indians who live on the reservation. Tribal government leaders say they are close to bringing water to their people, but some Navajos think the tribe is giving too much away.

Tribal newspaper runs Hupa Fish War story

The Hupa tribe’s newspaper, Two Rivers Tribune, has just run my story about the conflict between Hupas over the tribe’s salmon fishing rights.

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Written by Matt Jenkins

Brave New Hay

Roughly half of the U.S. corn crop, three quarters of the cotton, and 85 percent of the soybeans are genetically modified. But a legal battle over alfalfa, a bit player on the U.S. agricultural scene, could throw a giant monkey wrench in Monsanto’s plan to genetically engineer the world. Read Brave New Hay, from the [...]

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About Matt Jenkins

I am a freelance magazine writer and contributing editor to High Country News. My work has appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian magazine, Men’s Journal, Saveur and other national magazines.