High Country News

Meloy's last message — from bighorn country

In Eating Stone, her last book, Ellen Meloy tells the eloquent, passionate story of the time she spent studying the Blue Door Band of desert bighorn sheep

by Stephen J. Lyons, Oct 03, 2005
The light is changing... summer is ending

Suddenly summer is almost over, and autumn is almost beginning.

by Diane Sylvain, Aug 29, 2011
Finding reassurance in change: a review of Wild Comfort

In her new collection of essays, Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature, Kathleen Dean Moore writes her way to the knowledge that "sorrow is part of the Earth's great cycles."

by Chérie Newman, Mar 20, 2011
The spirit of the place

In The Wild Marsh, Montana nature writer Rick Bass takes us through four seasons in his beloved Yaak Valley.

by Andrea Appleton, Aug 17, 2009
Just a few moments in Yellowstone

In a quiet, solitary hour at Yellowstone, nothing seems to happen -- and everything does.

by Alan Kesselheim, Sep 01, 2011
The way the West was can be seen again

Watching sandhill cranes gather on the Platte River in Nebraska is like stepping into a time machine that takes you back to an unspoiled, wild West.

by Pepper Trail, Apr 07, 2011
Adventuring on Colorado's big peaks

A woman finds solace and delight in climbing Colorado's highest and most challenging mountains.

by Jane Koerner, Aug 18, 2011
Fishing for solace

In Yellowstone Autumn, Walter Wetherell describes a short season of solitary fly-fishing and contemplation in Yellowstone National Park.

by Cherie Newman, Apr 14, 2009
A thin, dry border between heaven and hell

In his anthology, God’s Country or Devil’s Playground, editor Barney Nelson gathers together an eclectic mix of the best nature writing from the Big Bend of Texas

by Jessica Toubman, Sep 13, 2004
California Poem

Eleni Sikelianos’ California Poem is a book full of poems, photos, collages, and wonder

by Staff, Feb 07, 2005