Essays
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The slaughter of innocents
After prairie dogs invade a corner of her lot, a writer weighs the cost of eliminating them.
by Rita Clagett, Sep 05, 2016 -
A visit to the Grand Canyon, without handrails
A wild river is “a necessity of the human spirit.”
by Geoffrey O'Gara, Aug 22, 2016 -
The family legacy of fishing
In a day on the river, a grandfather and grandson find joy despite the lack of fish.
by Michael Baughman, Aug 08, 2016 -
The Chickadee Symphony
A composer reflects on three decades of birdsong.
by Tom Taylor, Jul 25, 2016 -
Nature’s worth, through filmmakers’ eyes
A new wave of outdoor films encompass both conservation and adventure.
by Krista Langlois, Jun 27, 2016 -
Taking water’s measure
A three-day trip to measure Montana’s snowpack follows a century of tradition.
by Hal Herring, Jun 13, 2016 -
“A history of subversion”: An excerpt from Terry Tempest Williams’ latest book
“César E. Chávez National Monument” from The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks.
by Terry Tempest Williams, May 30, 2016 -
A life aloft
An ode to airport-dwelling birds.
by Renée Guillory, May 16, 2016 -
The life of a fire lookout is one of the senses
A former lookout finds the woman who used to guard her tower.
by Erin Halcomb, May 02, 2016 -
Take a page from the mountain goats
A parent contemplates risk assessment with kids in the mountains.
by Julie Gillum Lue , Apr 04, 2016 -
Seeds in a sandstorm
A writer contemplates love and disaster in a city of transients.
by Natasha Vizcarra, Mar 21, 2016 -
The tricky allure of unpeopled places
Longing for solitude on the land, and feeling uneasy.
by Ana Maria Spagna, Mar 07, 2016 -
The time of painful impossibilities
A reading by U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.
by Juan Felipe Herrera, Feb 20, 2016 -
Cursing the mountain
An adventurer asks whether his failures in the alpine zone are caused by blasphemy.
by Leath Tonino, Feb 02, 2016 -
The tree in the river
A writer ponders a remnant of past disaster.
by Ana Maria Spagna, Jan 25, 2016
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