Hikers in a wilderness turn into firefighters
More frequent wildfires in the West can turn hiking through beautiful, high-elevation country into a dangerous game for hikers. In…
Abandoned Ranch buildings above a meadow of Deer Creek south of Anacanda, Montana. Picture taken in late July.
MoreGo all-electric—and help change the world
The company I work for recently built a new ticket office at the base of Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado….
MoreGrumpy talk on the trail
I suppose it’s the human thing on a hiking trail to acknowledge one another when passing. But on a well-used…
MoreMontana’s politicians have lost their ties to land
Tim Sheehy, the Republican seeking to unseat Montana Democratic Senator Jon Tester, is a business executive born and raised out…
Montana, plains Lee Peters image, via Unsplash
MoreCoal continues its precipitous decline
The coal mining industry reacted with outrage when the Bureau of Land Management recently announced plans to stop issuing new…
MoreOne person who cares can change a student’s life
By the time she took the dais at the Arapaho Charter High School graduation this spring, Principal Katie Law was…
Katie Law hands out a diploma, Katie Klingsporn image
MoreMountain bikers push to ride through wilderness
“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed…” —…
Denali Wilderness, Alaska, courtesy Wilderness Watch
MoreBefore you sleep on the ground, read this
What fun: You’re going on a guided outdoor trip. As you get ready, here are some tips from actual guides…
Backpackers in the White Goat Wilderness, Alberta, Canada
MoreDitch “inefficiencies” give us wetlands
Imagine Westerners waking up one morning only to discover that many of their most cherished wetlands have dried up, gone….
Since 1917, five generations have lived along the Animas Consolidated Ditch outside of Durango, CO, Patty Zink pictured, courtesy Dave Marston
MoreAn ugly tower threatens Bears Ears National Monument
My Navajo homeland is the great expanse of land between four sacred mountains in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah….
MoreRoad failure in Wyoming reveals a housing crisis
I live in Victor, Idaho—one of Jackson, Wyoming’s, bedroom communities. Every day, roughly 3,400 Idaho residents drive over Teton Pass…
Photo courtesy Wyoming Dept. of Transportation
MoreIt’s a perfect storm for fire insurance
Westerners have begun looking at their homes differently these days. Are those trees too close? Should I move all that…
House in Douglas County, CO, courtesy Lena Deravianko, Unsplash
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