The Salton Sea’s weirdness is what’s appealing

By Dennis Hinkamp

Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take…

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Hey, Utah, Americans love our public lands

By Aaron Weiss

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while hoping in vain for different results,…

Natural arch, the terminus of Grandstaff Canyon Trail, near Moab Utah, Dave Marston photo

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Time to get real about plastic recycling

By Karen Mockler

I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles….

Plastic garbage in the Himalayas, Sylwia Bartyzel via Unsplash

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Los Angeles is a wake-up call for the West—especially Durango

By Dave Marston

After fierce winds whipped fire out of brush-covered hills on January 7, entire Los Angeles neighborhoods burned down. Within a…

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Abandoned Ranch buildings above a meadow of Deer Creek south of Anacanda, Montana. Picture taken in late July.

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