Uncommon Westerners
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In Glen Canyon, a fight against invasive grasses
A young researcher seeks to make the Southwest more resilient to climate change.
by Paige Blankenbuehler, Sep 06, 2017 -
Inside a taxidermy shop
In Western Colorado, bringing “life” to freeze-framed wild animals.
by Leath Tonino , May 01, 2017 -
How a Chicano band blends urban and wild life
Quetzal finds a sense of place in East Los Angeles.
by George B. Sánchez-Tello, Feb 20, 2017 -
Meet the West’s oldest climate correspondent
Anna Mae Wright has spent seven decades recording the weather.
by Bryce Gray, Sep 05, 2016 -
On the road with a transient immigrant rights lawyer
Lawyer Melanie Gleason is traveling the West, offering legal advice pro bono.
by Lyndsey Gilpin, May 30, 2016 -
Janet Kessler: The urban coyote watcher
This San Franciscan has spent the last decade tracking, studying, documenting, and generally enjoying the heck out of her favorite neighbor.
by Leath Tonino, May 25, 2015 -
The woman who brings drinking water to remote Navajo homes
In the parched countryside, delivery means community.
by Sarah Tory, Mar 16, 2015 -
Keeping the dust down in California’s Owens Valley
A civil engineer battles Los Angeles over its air pollution legacy.
by Jane Braxton Little, Mar 02, 2015 -
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
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