Nearly everyone agrees it’s important. So what’s the hold-up?
Forests
Posted inDecember 11, 2017: Scorched Earth
What fire researchers learned from California’s blazes
In California, land managers use fire as a tool.
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Firefighters, your next mission might be next door
Many are still unaware of the dangers of living in the wildland-urban interface.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
What are we fighting for?
Bell Prize winner: Through the trials of life, a young writer finds she’s fighting for our spirit.
Posted inNovember 13, 2017: Solace and Perspective
The West, when women are telling the story
Do women write differently about wilderness?
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The Forest Service’s battle against illegal marijuana farms
Drug cartels on federal land pose enormous environmental and financial costs.
Posted inOctober 30, 2017: The Changing Face of Woods Work
Pledge allegiance to the Earth, not a flag
Raise up the vulnerable voices of the elderly, impoverished and the wild earth, too.
Posted inOctober 30, 2017: The Changing Face of Woods Work
The changing politics of woods work
Cash-strapped agencies use private contractors to the detriment of local communities.
Posted inOctober 2, 2017: Following Ancient Footsteps
Public land is the essence of freedom
A hunter reflects on the gut-level connection she has to the public land she traverses.
Posted inOctober 2, 2017: Following Ancient Footsteps
Latest: Park Service to cull part of Grand Canyon’s bison herd
The burgeoning North Rim population threatens vegetation, water and cultural sites.
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Forest Service leadership lands in Southern hands
A new chief steps in as Western forests blaze.
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The West’s dramatic wildfire season, explained
A fire ecologist on how it happened, and why communities will have to adapt.
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A human-caused wildfire burns Oregon’s Columbia Gorge
In the Pacific Northwest, data shows people burn the places they love.
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Blame for wildfires gets pinned on ‘environmental extremists’
Montana’s lawmakers slight climate change as a main driver for the state’s blazes.
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Details emerge on proposed monument cutbacks
Interior Secretary Zinke says he will recommend reductions to some monuments, but not eliminations.
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The fire season by the numbers
Fire agencies are preparing for the eclipse hordes, in the midst of a large fire season.
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Why I obsess about the names of plants and animals
Naming things makes individuals out of a landscape of birds, trees and bumblebees.
Posted inAugust 7, 2017: Los Promotores
A wild sanity dance through the Rockies
Dancers and artists inspired by Wallace Stegner celebrate the geography of hope.
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
So what if we’re doomed?
Climate chaos, mass extinction, the collapse of civilization: A guide to facing the ecocide.
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Will Congress fix wildfire funding this year?
Proposed legislation would put logging ahead of environmental concerns.