Are you the political equivalent of an armadillo, ant or tiger?
Writers on the Range
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To save our oceans, let’s start with our rivers
Dams and pollution affect rivers across the West, to the detriment of our oceans.
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The power of fossil fuels is fading
Will Western states react in time to save local economies?
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Utah’s approach to public lands won’t work
New Mexico exemplifies the risk of managing lands at the whim of local interests.
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Wild horses aren’t overrunning the West
A Trump administration proposal sets wild horse populations at extinction levels.
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Montana’s first black mayor is here to listen
How might the toxic tenor of national politics change if more of us practiced forbearance and gratitude?
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Utah is headed into a water battle it can’t win
Why is this fiscally conservative state pushing an expensive diversion project?
Posted inFebruary 5, 2018: Caught Between Crises
We have better options than killing bison
Annual culls, loss of genetic diversity and climate change set the odds against American bison.
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As a rancher, I see failure on both sides of the Bundy trial
It takes wisdom, patience and humanity to make federal land management work.
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Fly fishing conversations with a New York real estate developer
In 1972, a guide tries to help a pompous client hook a steelhead.
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What Abbey’s ‘Desert Solitaire’ means in these trying times
The book turns 50 this year, and is more relevant now than ever.
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The Endangered Species Act itself could go extinct
Congress and the Trump administration threaten an act vital to wildlife and habitat.
Posted inJanuary 22, 2018: A Separatist State of Mind
Hemp is one town’s way out of a uranium mining past
A former mining region embraces a trade with a ‘hippie’ reputation.
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Logging isn’t the solution to our wildfire problems
We can’t ‘solve’ fire any more than we can ‘solve’ hurricanes.
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Native voices aren’t being heard on Bears Ears
Members of the Navajo Nation are not ‘conquered subjects.’
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Stop trying to militarize Interior, Ryan Zinke
Military-style management doesn’t work everywhere.
Posted inDecember 25, 2017: Bear Essentials
In military matters, neighbors should get a say
A new Air Force base expands, without the input of locals.
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Does a river have a right to life?
No law gives a river a right to exist; at best, laws protect a river from harm caused by new development.
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An agricultural community that embraces its artistic side
A town with cattle-ranching roots branches out.
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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.