Reflections on a seminal Western author, years after his death.
People & Places
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Why desalination alone won’t water the West
Regardless of supposed Trump backing, the process is complicated and expensive.
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ICE raids confirm worst fears of young immigrants
Immigration sweeps are having a chilling effect on Dreamers, key leaders in the California resistance.
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A place for artists on public lands
The connection between art and the American landscape offers new ways to advocate for lands.
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The Grand Canyon, like you’ve never seen it
An artist’s connection to the landscape through her paintings.
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A new use for old produce
Inside the cross-border operation that saves fresh food from the trash.
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How to see the urban wild
Practical advice for the nature-lonely city-dweller.
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Naked in the desert
The sunburned, imperfect and deeper wild of the human body.
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In Wyoming, a cautious public lands victory
Grassroots efforts to fight land transfer bills have succeeded — for now.
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The climate fight isn’t just about facts
We should be talking about values and the kind of world we want.
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All the presidents’ dogs
What sort of canine companion might Donald Trump bring to the White House?
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The story behind New Mexico’s lowriders
A new collection examines the elaborate cars and their place in Mexican-American culture.
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The heartache of Montana’s solitude
Two new fiction works from Big Sky Country crave human connectivity.
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Gilded pain in the heart of New Mexico
A new collection of short stories offers a portrait of people on the fringes.
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How to name a rose
A recent book provides a road map to finding literature in nature.
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‘The blurring of the then and the now’
An author returns West, looking for unexpected intersections.
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Who was ‘the last wild Indian’?
Reflecting on the life of an iconic Native American who never revealed his true name.
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What to do if you’re angry about ‘our new corporate overlords’
Regard your wallet as your daily voting booth.
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Putrid spillage; New Mexico fisticuffs; the year, in quotes
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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The Park Service centennial celebration’s damage to the lands
The numbers behind the 100th year celebration of our overflowing parks.