Americans face a test of community and citizenship
Each of us Americans conducts our daily life in bubbles, all shockingly siloed from each other. These days, we don’t…
MoreEnergy dominance harms our public lands
I live in Jackson County, in northern Colorado, where hundreds of inactive and abandoned oil wells litter the landscape. Not…
MoreFor waste and ineficiency you can’t beat ethanol
Corn ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, has been burned in gasoline engines and human stomachs since before Henry Ford…
An ethanol production plant in South Dakota. Credit: photos by jim
MoreThe threat of tariffs is already my problem
Unless revoked or substantially reduced to what they are now, 30 percent for 90 days, President Trump’s tariffs will still…
MorePublic lands are a national treasure and must not be sold
Public lands are one of our country’s great equalizers. It doesn’t matter how much money you have—a billionaire and a…
MoreICE is eroding the rule of law
“I got lucky,” José told me. “Because they got the wrong person.” José, 28, who did not give his last…
MoreWolves need federal protection to survive
On January 31, the 30th anniversary of wolves getting reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, congressional representatives Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and…
Darren Welsh via unsplash.jpg
MoreWe see the climate change in New Mexico
Here in New Mexico, our growing season has lengthened since the 1970s, even as stream flows have decreased. Fire season…
MoreThe gutting of our national park system
Imagine a million-acre wilderness: Mountain peaks. Rushing rivers. Bears and wolves. Now imagine a city the size of, say, Chicago….
Glacier Park Logan Creek, by Ben Long
MoreWhy do we blame lions?
Mule deer herds are declining across the West for many reasons. But three states, Utah, Wyoming and Nevada, want to…
Lion double set trap, Photo NDOW
MoreMass firings cut the muscle not the fat
The stories are heartbreaking. US Forest Service, National Park Service and other federal workers — some of them within weeks…
MoreThe Salton Sea’s weirdness is what’s appealing
Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take…
Bales of straw along the banks of the Salton Sea, Hinkamp photo
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