Uncommon Westerners
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The roads scholar
An ecologist helps wildlife safely cross highways.
by Ben Goldfarb, Aug 13, 2014 -
The man behind a New Mexico county's fracking ban
Last year Mora became the first county in the nation to permanently ban oil and gas development.
by Ernie Atencio, Jun 24, 2014 -
Out in the backcountry
A profile of a gay ranger in the National Park Service.
by Alex Carr Johnson, May 21, 2014 -
The geoglyph guardian
Alfredo Figueroa fights to protect ancient land art in southern California.
by Jeremy Miller, Mar 04, 2014 -
Clif Merritt: he leads from behind
Clifton Merritt, the western regional director of the Wilderness Society, is an atypical environmental leader -- not flashy or full of fire and brimstone, but good at motivating people positively.
by Marjane Ambler, Jan 07, 2014 -
Don Redfearn, elk refuge manager
Don Redfearn manages the wintering ground for the largest elk herd in North America -- the National Elk Refuge outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
by Mary Inman, Jan 06, 2014 -
The fignificent fig man
Lloyd Kreitzer’s journey as New Mexico’s premier fig grower.
by Katie Mast, Jan 03, 2014 -
Family gaining independence with sun, wind, wood
The Ricks family in Rexburg, Idaho experiments with new technology and makes much of it themselves, including an all-electric car.
by Joan Nice, Jan 01, 2014 -
O pioneer: A filmmaker explores how we find home in the West
Los Angeles transplant Vera Brunner-Sung’s first fictional work tackles displacement, transience and belonging in Montana.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, Nov 02, 2013 -
Ruth Kirk, pioneering guidebook author
A natural and human histories expert of the West reflects on her work.
by Devon Fredricksen, Oct 07, 2013 -
Colorado Poet Laureate David Mason's four-year road trip
Bringing poetry to an entire state, one county at a time.
by Leath Tonino, Sep 23, 2013 -
The renegade cartographer
Dave Imus challenges the murkiness of modern mapmaking.
by Christina Cooke, Sep 17, 2013 -
Diné activist protests wastewater-to-snow scheme
Fighting for the environment is just part of this Navajo's cultural identity.
by Leslie Macmillan, Aug 30, 2013 -
Seattle-based artist paints portraits of a melting world
Maria Coryell-Martin uses 'expeditionary art' to educate people about climate change.
by Eric Wagner, Nov 30, 2012 -
Inside the orchard: A conversation with novelist Amanda Coplin
The Portland, Ore., based writer talks about the role of landscape in her writing and her debut novel, The Orchardist.
by A. E. Smith, Oct 26, 2012
