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...
Dec 20, 2016 | Analysis, Essays, Pinyon-Juniper Forests
Recently walking up Main Street in Park City, Utah, I saw in the Visitor’s Center doorway what looked like a man holding a great-horned owl surrounded by children. As his voice carried across the street, I heard the man explain that this owl had been found with an...
Jun 23, 2016 | Essays, Pinyon-Juniper Forests
The Swamp Cedars in Spring Valley, Nevada have grown long memories. They stand on the valley floor under the bright Great Basin stars where the skies are still unspoiled by the encroaching glow of electricity. Beneath the trees’ branches, the blue petals of wild...
Jun 7, 2016 | Interviews, Pinyon-Juniper Forests
June 5, 2016: I was interviewed by Derrick Jensen about Pinyon-Juniper Forests for his Resistance Radio show on the Progressive Radio Network.
Mar 25, 2016 | Essays, Pinyon-Juniper Forests
After two months of struggling to write anything coherent about pinyon-juniper forests, I was on the verge of giving up. Members of the group I am campaigning with to stop pinyon-juniper deforestation began brainstorming about applying for grants to support the...