Bears Ears Comment
The processional panel in the Shash Jáa Unit of Bears Ears National Monument looms above me. This sacred cultural site is majestic, and...
Nuance of Nature
I like hearing about people’s breath-taken-away-by-nature moments. For my mom, these moments have frequently been sparked by a first...
Dear Katie
Dear Katie, I felt the river’s heartbeat for the first time when I was seven years old. I sat in the open cockpit of my first kayak, and...
Climate Consciousness and the Self-Immolation of David Buckel
Fossil fuel development on American public lands like these near Sigurd, Utah contributes greatly to climate change (Credit: Ryan Beam)...
Words like Clear Water
Underneath a large white tent strung with lights, Cynthia Gómez stepped up to a wooden podium to offer a Land Acknowledgment. We were...
An Economy of Quiet
In the modern world, there are not many places where silence is a virtue. My quiet nature is often scrutinized in the workforce as a lack...
The World as It Is, as It Could Be, and the Spaces Between
At a community coalition meeting several weeks ago, I took on the role of a “spider”—building relationships with different people and...
Dear Cousin
“I believe in living in a land of little water because life is drawn together.” —Terry Tempest Williams Dear Cousin, I hope the...
Legacies of Snow and Love
Silver strands of hair stretch out of my grandfather’s dark, spotted scalp with the determination of tulips breaking the surface of...
Leave It to the Kids
My dad always took my brothers and me for walks in the warm and humid evenings when we were young. In between laughter, he told me how I...