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  • Beyond ecology: Restoring a cultural landscape

    Inhabiting a parcel of land in Montana's Bitterroot Valley demands a specific responsibility, according to the writer, who attempts ecological restoration on his piece of ground, to help bring back the West's rich biological diversity.

    by Dan Flores, May 13, 2002

  • In the throat of a black hole

    An essay from the author's book, "The Desert Cries," in which he tours Antelope Canyon, where a flood once took the lives of hikers.

    by Craig Childs, Jun 10, 2002

  • No shoes, no problem

    In Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life with Wildlife, Kathleen Meyer relates her adventures in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, where she shares an old dairy barn with her boyfriend and numerous uninvited animal guests.

    by Bert Lindler, Sep 02, 2002

  • John Muir: Family, Friends, and Adventures

    John Muir: Family, Friends and Adventures, edited by Sally M. Miller and Daryl Morrison, collects well-illustrated, sometimes scholarly essays on the great naturalist

    by Staff, Feb 06, 2006

  • The art of an alien landscape

    In Westernness: A Meditation, poet and scholar Alan Williamson examines what it means to live in the West through the eyes of the region’s writers and artists

    by Margaret Foley, Dec 11, 2006

  • Tequila-fueled tunes

    The music Roger Clyne writes and performs with his band, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, is inspired by the Arizona desert

    by Fletcher Jacobs, Dec 25, 2006

  • I fell into a burning ring of fire

    There’s nothing like a campfire to soothe and lift the soul

    by Laura Paskus, Dec 25, 2006

  • The Pine Island Paradox

    The Pine Island Paradox by Kathleen Dean Moore takes a philosophical and poetic look at islands and rivers

    by Staff, Feb 07, 2005

  • Prowling the back spaces of the West

    Inside an abandoned Air Force base on the Nevada-Utah border, the Center for Land Use Interpretation houses a remarkable museum of the West's human landscapes.

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Feb 07, 2005

  • At home in the valley

    In The San Luis Valley: Sand Dunes and Sandhill Cranes, Susan Tweit explores a remarkable Colorado landscape

    by Renee Guillory, Mar 20, 2006
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