Two weeks in the West

As someone who has worked in the horse business as a breeder, trainer, competitor, packer and all-around horse-lover all my life, I still have very little patience with those who would place the welfare of the mythical “wild horses” of North America above the needs of wildlife and the health of our public lands. Try […]

In his essay on wild horses, Williams offers no facts. Instead, he merely quotes harried former BLM employees and a New York Times article to buttress his specious arguments. Moreover, speaking from his presumably well-informed New England Audubon landscape, known perhaps somewhere for the wild horses of which he blithely opines, the kernel of his […]

In response to Ted Williams’ article “They should shoot horses, shouldn’t they?” he is correct that wild horses should be managed appropriately on public lands. However, here in central Idaho we have one area where mustangs have roamed for decades and are managed by BLM. I have spent years hiking and photographing these horses. They […]

Thank you for the wonderful article “Old but Faithful,” about the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees. I agree with this group’s fight against commercialization, too many fees, and fees that are too high in our national parks. I cannot for the life of me understand how Holly Fretwell, of the Libertarian-oriented Property and Environment […]

Just when I thought Santa would be skipping my house this year, I read April Reese’s article. A more wonderful and heartwarming Christmas present I could never receive! I first discovered Valle Vidal many years ago while roaming around the northern New Mexico mountains. When I came around the bend and my eyes feasted on […]

Ugh. It’s hard to accept that the likes of this stuff (sludge) is going on the ground that grows my food. But what are the alternatives? If we want to be — must be — a sustainable society, we have to do something with our waste besides bury it or throw it in the ocean. […]