Are the cuts significant for cutting the deficit or are they ideological attacks on functions he and Trump don’t value?
Off to a Weak Start
For the first time in American history, Americans elected a convicted felon to the White House.
Valles Caldera, and Other Parks Face Peril Under Trump/Musk
The November 5 election was a disaster for public lands and conservation. Clearly the American voters were focused on widespread economic insecurity and voted their pocketbooks. Other issues like climate …
Biden’s Good and Biden’s Failures
Joe Biden is president for a few more weeks. This is the calm before the storm, the eye of the hurricane, the waiting room before you go into an …
Into the Sewer with Trump
Donald Trump is an angry man. He doesn’t laugh and he doesn’t smile. Why? He came from wealth and despite bankruptcies, he has maintained wealth and lives in a …
Great Salt Lake in Crisis
The Western US is having a water crisis that will directly affect millions of people as drought and climate change lower rivers and water tables and raise the price of …
The Falling Rio Grande
Climate change is fast reducing the flow of the Rio Grande. State and federal regulations do not keep up with alarming changes in the river.
Wildflowers 101
flowers can pull us into the deep richness of the natural world, the basic source of our own existence
Cattle Industry in a Sacred Land
New management plan for the Bears Ears National Monument allows too much grazing despite tribal involvement.
Ancient Bison of New Mexico
Ancient bison, roamed New Mexico for thousands of years, even up into the forests and far down into the Mexican frontier. The animals looked like the bison of today, but they were frighteningly large, about 20% larger than today’s bison