An ugly tower threatens Bears Ears National Monument
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My Navajo homeland is the great expanse of land between four sacred mountains in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah….
MoreCulture wars and an embattled Utah monument
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Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument rarely leaves the news. The political tussle over this stunning expanse of red rock canyons…
Rainbow over Cheesebox Butte- Highway 95, photo by Stephen Trimble
MoreWhen giants fall, we need to listen
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“God has cared for these trees …but he cannot save them from fools.”— John Muir In just two years, wildfire…
MoreBison — back where they belong
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Early in the Covid-19 epidemic, I visited the Bison Range on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. But the…
Bison by the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
MoreA do-it-yourself, homegrown national park
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National parks have been getting a lot of love since the pandemic, so much that this summer you need reservations…
MoreLet’s Not Squander the Miracle of Yellowstone
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Photo credit Doug Smith, National Park Service
MoreA grassroots effort can defy the odds
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most spectacular conservation victories in recent history: the defeat of…
MoreA Japanese-American internment camp has much to teach us
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“While other children were sent to daycare, when I was 3 years old I was sent to a Japanese-American prison,”…
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