As the West warms, hunting for snow becomes part of the adventure.
Essays
Posted inFebruary 1, 2020: How One Woman Took a Stand Against Tribal Disenrollment and Paid For It
We went to jail for our great-granddaughters
Protesting the Jordan Cove natural gas facility and its pipeline brings an environmental writer and a rancher together.
Posted inNovember 11, 2019: Storied Landscapes
Is development a cancer on the West’s landscape?
When your mom is battling the illness, the metaphor gets complicated.
Posted inNovember 11, 2019: Storied Landscapes
We need more than stories for the unheard
Writing offers a way to understand our community and ourselves.
Posted inOctober 28, 2019: Where Hunting Still Has Meaning
Faced with chronic wasting disease, what’s a hunting family to do?
Hunters are critical for game management, but the spread of CWD means some may put down the rifle.
Posted inOctober 14, 2019: Severed Ties
One man’s mission to save a historic ship built a digital community
If you (re)build it, they will come.
Posted inOctober 14, 2019: Severed Ties
Amid the climate crisis, a parent commits an act of hope
Sometimes you need to take a weekend off from worrying about climate change and just go camping with your kid.
Posted inSeptember 2, 2019: In Bad Faith
Mom loves the desert. Daughter loves the Dollar Store.
Can a desert ‘superbloom’ compete with the flashy pull of toys and gadgets?
Posted inAugust 5, 2019: From Prison to Fireline
See the journey to a new career at a wildland fire academy
Ex-gang members, veterans and immigrants alike take a three-month course to become California firefighters.
Posted inAugust 5, 2019: From Prison to Fireline
The tyranny of lawns and landlords
Renting culture puts dreams of cultivating wildness out of reach.
Posted inJuly 21, 2019: A Radical Return
Close encounters with the bear kind
The very places that attract visitors and newcomers for their proximity to wildlife grapple with a spike in bear-human incidents.
Posted inMay 13, 2019: Atomic Tourists
It is solved by walking
The path to fixing our broken communities is forged by footsteps.
Posted inMay 13, 2019: Atomic Tourists
Currents of consent and control
Like strainers of a river, our memories reshape us from within.
Posted inMay 13, 2019: Atomic Tourists
Photos: The power of climbing harnessed
Brown Girls Climbing addresses trauma and is increasing diversity at the crag.
Posted inMay 13, 2019: Atomic Tourists
A runner reimagines his place in a sprawling city
And creates new connections from the details.
Posted inApril 29, 2019: A History of Violence
In Santa Fe, children learn the ABCs of inequity
Where students reside and where schools thrive highlights an opportunity gap in New Mexico’s capital.
Posted inMarch 4, 2019: El Nuevo Movimiento
Mountain biking is my act of resistance
In predominantly white Colorado, I bike to beat my fear.
Posted inFebruary 4, 2019: Nizhoni Girls
It’s time to start eating roadkill
Salvaging meat in Alaska is commonplace. Can it catch on in the Lower 48?
Posted inJanuary 21, 2019: What Killed Washington's Carbon Tax?
The howl and death of Yellowstone wolf 926F
A researcher’s mission to document the wild records the song of a famous Yellowstone canine.
Posted inNovember 26, 2018: Follow the fish
Life lessons learned on a dogsled
Hold tight and don’t let go.