Will we learn to confront an existential threat to the West for what it is?
Essays
Posted inNovember 11, 2019: Storied Landscapes
Is development a cancer on the West’s landscape?
When your mom is battling the illness, the metaphor gets complicated.
Posted inNovember 11, 2019: Storied Landscapes
We need more than stories for the unheard
Writing offers a way to understand our community and ourselves.
Posted inArticles
From the Bundys to cheap burgundy: How myths shape the West
Novelist Frank Bergon meanders through a changing West and traces old stories refreshed.
Posted inOctober 28, 2019: Where Hunting Still Has Meaning
Faced with chronic wasting disease, what’s a hunting family to do?
Hunters are critical for game management, but the spread of CWD means some may put down the rifle.
Posted inOctober 28, 2019: Where Hunting Still Has Meaning
In Southeast Alaska, a hunter searches for kinship with the wild
A mountain goat’s death brings life into focus.
Posted inOctober 14, 2019: Severed Ties
One man’s mission to save a historic ship built a digital community
If you (re)build it, they will come.
Posted inOctober 14, 2019: Severed Ties
Amid the climate crisis, a parent commits an act of hope
Sometimes you need to take a weekend off from worrying about climate change and just go camping with your kid.
Posted inArticles
What about the rails?
A recent Amtrak journey conjures visions of functional rail transportation in the U.S.
Posted inSeptember 2, 2019: In Bad Faith
Mom loves the desert. Daughter loves the Dollar Store.
Can a desert ‘superbloom’ compete with the flashy pull of toys and gadgets?
Posted inArticles
I used to raise cattle for slaughter. Now I refuse to eat meat.
Once a holistic rancher, Laura Jean Schneider reflects on her decision to abandon the industry.
Posted inAugust 5, 2019: From Prison to Fireline
The tyranny of lawns and landlords
Renting culture puts dreams of cultivating wildness out of reach.
Posted inMay 13, 2019: Atomic Tourists
Photos: The power of climbing harnessed
Brown Girls Climbing addresses trauma and is increasing diversity at the crag.
Posted inMay 13, 2019: Atomic Tourists
It is solved by walking
The path to fixing our broken communities is forged by footsteps.
Posted inMay 13, 2019: Atomic Tourists
Currents of consent and control
Like strainers of a river, our memories reshape us from within.
Posted inArticles
Even if Bigfoot isn’t real, we still need him
I just spent two years chasing a myth. Why?
Posted inArticles
Humanity is a liability the natural world can no longer afford
What a lifetime of observing nature has taught me.
Posted inMarch 4, 2019: El Nuevo Movimiento
Mountain biking is my act of resistance
In predominantly white Colorado, I bike to beat my fear.
