A Place Called Home
We hike almost every single morning. Like a prayer, we rise, eat lightly and hustle up the switchbacks of the trails that curl into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains just beyond our house. The south-facing trails are dry and bathed…
Glamping Hub Celebrates 15,000 Accommodations with Beach Camping
Travelers worldwide—if you have yet to experience this new and unique travel trend, it’s time to go glamping. A portmanteau based on glamorous and camping, glamping brings adventurers and travelers the opportunity to experience nature from the comfort of a…
Trump to Order Review of More Than 50 National Monuments
The word is that on Wednesday (April 26, 2017), President Trump will order a “review” of more than 50 National Monument designations covering more than a billion (yes, with a B) acres of public lands. Trump will do this via…
Help Protect Southeast New Mexico’s Wild Chihuahuan Desert
Last year I was lucky enough to work with Joelle Marier of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance as a conservation photographer on her project to protect the wildlands of south-eastern New Mexico. Now we have an update from Joelle on the…
Public Lands Action in Taos, New Mexico
On a weekday morning at 11am about 400 people gathered at the Taos Mesa Brewing Company in Taos, New Mexico to support public lands. “The National Monument is one of the best deals ever made,” said the Taos Pueblo War…
The Valle Vidal Geographic Area Proposal – Carson National Forest
A little more than 10 years ago the Valle Vidal Protection Act was signed into law by then-President Bush. The act permanently protected the Valle Vidal unit of the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico from oil and gas…
World Wetland Day – the Wetland Jewels of Northern New Mexico
Today is World Wetlands Day. Wetlands are lands saturated with water all or part of the year. We know them by many different names. Marshes, bogs, swamps, morass, muskegs, sloughs, fens, fenlands, bayous and boglands. I’m a big lover…
For Sale! : America’s Public Lands are on the Market – Action
UPDATE: February 2, 2017: Proof that all your calls and letters to Congress actually have an impact. Last night, Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz withdrew his odious public lands disposal bill. He still has awful stuff out there and will not stop attacking…
Now it is National Monuments Under Attack
The Republican attack on America's public lands and our nation’s most important environmental laws continues. Now, some radical Utah legislators are pushing President Trump to reverse the Bears Ears National Monument designation and radically amend the boundaries of the Grand…
Republicans Want to Make the Endangered Species Act Extinct
Last week we learned the Republicans are setting the stage to give away public lands such as National Parks, National Monuments, Wilderness Areas and Wildlife Refuges. This week we learn that the Endangered Species Act is also on the chopping…
Republicans Move to Give Away National Parks and Public Lands
Day one in the new Congress? House Republicans set the stage to give away the public lands that belong to ALL Americans. That includes National Parks, Wilderness areas, National Monuments and more: A new rule, written by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob…
The Wetland Jewels of the Carson National Forest
Last Sunday, my kids and I left our car by the side of a dirt road and walked out and over one of our favorite meadows: Ponil Park in the Valle Vidal unit of the Carson National Forest. "It's like a…