Jun 27, 2017 | Interviews, Pinyon-Juniper Forests
I was interviewed by Jennifer Murnan about Pinyon-Juniper Forests for KGNU, Boulder’s Morning Magazine Program. The interview originally aired on Tuesday, June 27, 2017.
Jun 10, 2017 | Essays, Pinyon-Juniper Forests
A windmill blade knocks the head off a Cooper’s hawk interrupting the late afternoon peace in Spring Valley. The blade tosses the hawk’s body onto yellow gravel the power company spread, over living soil, in circles around their windmills. The ever-present Great Basin...
May 8, 2017 | Analysis, Essays
In my essay, “Park City is Damned: A Case Study in Civilization,” I described the vicious cycle Park City, Utah is caught in and explained how the city cannot exist for much longer. There are far more humans in Park City than the land can support, so the necessities...
Apr 3, 2017 | Analysis, Essays
A Note to My Readers: It has not been easy to write this essay and I am scared to see my name displayed publicly next to what follows. I am sure these ideas will win me few friends in Park City and the broader ski community. Nevertheless, what follows is the truth as...
Feb 21, 2017 | Analysis, Essays
So many indigenous people have told me that the levels of sustainability their traditional cultures achieved prior to the arrival of colonizers were based on lessons learned from non-humans. Implicit in these lessons is the truth that humans depend on non-humans. This...
