Grumpy 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…
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….
MoreCulture wars and an embattled Utah monument
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
“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
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
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
Photo credit Doug Smith, National Park Service
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…
MoreA Japanese-American internment camp has much to teach us
“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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