Essays
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Essays
Birthday of the burning boot
Making peace with growing older, on a hike near Patagonia, Arizona.
by Christopher Cokinos, Mar 03, 2014 -
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The Sacramento-San Joaquin deltas of 1772 and today
Remembering explorers past of this California water source.
by Matt Weiser, Feb 27, 2014 -
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An ode to snow
Laura Pritchett on the joy of snow.
by Laura Pritchett, Feb 07, 2014 -
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How Vancouver, B.C. became North America's smart-growth leader
It wasn't visionary city officials; it was a movement to save the city's ethnic Chinese neighborhoods in the '60s.
by Linda Marsa, Jan 31, 2014 -
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Brave new L.A.
Los Angeles is an unlikely model of urban sustainability for the West and the world.
by Jon Christensen, Jan 24, 2014 -
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Stopping deforestation, one pair of chopsticks at a time
HCN student essay contest winner.
by Jacob Scheer, Jan 20, 2014 -
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Homegrown success
HCN student essay contest runner-up.
by Gloria Dickie, Jan 20, 2014 -
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Butcher of Heartache on the Bering Sea
A former newspaper copyeditor finds his way onboard a fishing boat.
by Kevin Taylor, Jan 08, 2014 -
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In defense of bibliopedestrianism
A writer’s love of reading while walking in Nevada’s Great Basin desert.
by Michael P. Branch, Dec 20, 2013 -
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On (not) being Jane Goodall
A writer wonders what it would be like to study the coati, a Southwestern cousin of the raccoon.
by Sharman Apt Russell, Dec 05, 2013 -
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Wilderness found in a BMW
I never feel more Western than when I slide through turns at High Plains Raceway.
by Daniel Brigham, Nov 15, 2013 -
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Backcountry culture clashes in the North Cascades
A hunter-backpacker examines the divides between user groups.
by Brendan Buzzard, Nov 08, 2013 -
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Dispatch from Twiggley Island: an essay
Neighbors band together to survive after the Colorado floods.
by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, Oct 18, 2013 -
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Marginalia: an essay
On a trek across the Arctic, a writer's map becomes a record of the journey.
by Michael Engelhard, Sep 30, 2013 -
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At Capitol Reef, the Mormons made the desert fruitful
The largest orchard in any national park is surrounded by some of the driest desert in southern Utah.
by R. Edward Grumbine, Sep 28, 2013
