Feb 4, 2021 | Essays, Thacker Pass
The Montana mountains standing above Thacker Pass in the north taught me that faith does not move mountains, but gravity, volcanoes, erosion, and moving tectonic plates do. A few days ago, while I was struggling with a lack of faith, two ravens circled above by head...
Jan 29, 2021 | Essays, Thacker Pass
Now that Max Wilbert and I have stayed at Thacker Pass beyond BLM’s 14-day camping limit, a background dread has settled over me. While it’s unlikely that BLM officers will arrest us right away, if they really want to stop an occupation before it gets...
Jan 27, 2021 | Essays, Thacker Pass
Rabbits taught me that each sagebrush has a unique voice. I often take long walks across the steppes in Thacker Pass. It’s not uncommon to spy a rabbit – with one floppy ear pointed one way and one another – peeking out of the tangles of sagebrush branches. Today, as...
Jan 26, 2021 | Analysis, Essays, Thacker Pass
Human Supremacy: First, Humans Control. Then, Humans Hate. My article that I wrote for Prairie Protection Colorado about the connection between rodenticides and mange was published this morning by the Deep Green Resistance News Service. While I’m up...
Jan 20, 2021 | Analysis, Essays, Thacker Pass
Thoughts from Thacker Pass #1: Joe Biden is No Friend of the Natural World – And, He’s No Friend of Ours, Either.The sun rose on this Inauguration Day over a chilly Thacker Pass. Frost colored the sagebrush silver. The ground was frozen hard. And, I woke to the...
Jan 18, 2021 | Essays, Thacker Pass
On Friday, January 15, 2021, the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) determined that Lithium Americas Corp.’s proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada would comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and issued the necessary Record of Decision....