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 -
The urban coyote watcher
Janet Kessler 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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