When reality weighs you down
A lot of us feel hopeless today. There’s the return of energy dominance as a federal goal, which places oil,…
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
MoreIt’s still the West against itself
Nearly 80 years ago, Bernard DeVoto, the Utah-born writer and historian, wrote an essay titled “The West Against Itself” for…
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…
MoreTrump’s policies put us in economic danger
Donald Trump’s platform was clear when he was running for president. He promised to make bold improvements—quickly raising revenue by…
MoreBeware the Trojan Horse targeting public land
Sometimes when I drive past the little house my wife and I bought when we first married, 30 years ago,…
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
MoreHey, Utah, Americans love our public lands
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while hoping in vain for different results,…
Natural arch, the terminus of Grandstaff Canyon Trail, near Moab Utah, Dave Marston photo
MoreTime to get real about plastic recycling
I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles….
Plastic garbage in the Himalayas, Sylwia Bartyzel via Unsplash
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