John Fielder, the man who loved natural beauty
If you’ve ever bought a calendar or coffee table book featuring the grandeur of Colorado’s 14’ers, the stunning color photographs…
John Fielder, credit Gary Wockner/Save the Colorado
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What I remember most about that dark early morning of crouching on the prairie is the rhythmic sound of pounding….
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) performing dancing or “drumming” on a lek (mating display), in northern Oklahoma, USA.
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“God has cared for these trees …but he cannot save them from fools.”— John Muir In just two years, wildfire…
MoreChronicle of an abandoned oil and gas well — one of millions
Even from a distance it’s clear that an oil and gas well called “State Senate #2” in New Mexico has…
Abandoned well, Jonathan Thompson image
MorePublic land — a true blessing
At every Thanksgiving dinner, my family asks everyone around the table to say what they’re grateful for. It puts new…
Green River from White-Rim in Canyonlands National Park near Moab UT Oct.-2022 credit Dave-Marston
MoreComing soon, the Apocalypse, maybe
Just about every video game, young adult novel and buzz-worthy streaming series agree that we need to prepare for a…
Photo by Intricate Explorer, Via Unsplash
MoreThe “Keystone Pipeline” won’t make gas any cheaper
”A report that the Biden administration is weighing greater imports of Canadian oil is putting a renewed focus on the…
MoreUnusual Coalition Unites for Clean Energy
Communities in the West can stand up to giant outside corporations if they want to win a renewable energy future,…
Packed State and federal hearings were packed with so many ranchers, farmers, climate activists, Tribal members, anglers, and others that it was often “sitting room only.”
MoreGuess who has outsized clout on public lands?
This may be a surprising story. It begins with a working group trying to save the last native bighorn sheep…
Image by Pete Nuij, courtesy of Unsplash
MoreA grassroots effort can defy the odds
This year marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most spectacular conservation victories in recent history: the defeat of…
MoreTelling the truth about the way we live now
Evonne lives in a fire lookout in Oregon, and since I meet with these graduate students on Zoom, we’ve all…
Lookout tower
MoreLet’s redefine those bucket lists
What did we learn this summer and fall? We learned that people who’d been cooped up, thanks to COVID-19, flocked…
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