Building strong communities could be a team sport
I got to thinking about some of my small-town neighbors when I read that the Denver Broncos football team, which…
This Walmart replaced the shuttered Walmart in Talen, OR, where writer Matt Witt is from
MoreCan we live with electric mountain bikes on trails?
The first time I saw an electric bike — better known as an e-bike — I was struggling up a…
Mountain biker Celeste Young takes a break along the Big Hole Crest Trail in Idaho. 2022 image. Photo courtesy Molly Absolon
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
MoreBusiness as usual for the Colorado River
It seemed inevitable that the dwindling Colorado River would be divvied up by the federal Bureau of Reclamation. On June…
Winterhaven, CA, Imperial Dam, where 90% of the Colorado River is desilted and sent to numerous irrigation districts in CA and AZ. Courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation
MoreNever hike without this perfect accompaniment
I have long been known to have pet peeves about the debris hikers drop along trails, but one piece of…
Buster babes with a bandana collar
MoreThe Colorado River comes alive even as it ebbs
The Colorado River is revealing its secrets. For decades a World War II landing craft lay submerged 200 feet beneath…
MoreHard choices for the Colorado River
The seven Colorado River states – Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming – face a daunting mid-August…
MoreWill salmon finally win this year?
For the last 35 years I’ve been covering what we call the “salmon wars” in the Pacific Northwest, writing so…
MoreDitches are a vanishing paradise
Annette Choszczyk lives in rural western Colorado these days, but when she was a kid, the Highline Canal in Denver…
Photo of North Fork Valley, Co, courtesy of Kenita Burns Moore
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…
MoreTips for a new code of the West
It’s not always easy living in the rural West, with customs so entrenched that everybody takes them for granted. What…
Image credit: Pat Hunter
MoreFreedom in the West, but not for women
I moved to Wyoming a few years ago for its outdoor recreation, but I also liked the state’s history of…
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