Everything is still. The junipers and pinons rustle in the breeze. The sand remains motionless as a lizard scurries over it, then disappears into it’s hole. The sun bakes my

Close your eyes and picture a desert. I am willing to bet most of you pictured a dry, dusty, desolate area seemingly devoid of life. While in some locations this

Students on our Colorado Plateau Semester course know Randy Ramsley well. He has built a vibrant farm on some very rough land near Hanksville, Utah. Agricultural experts told him it

On the Colorado Plateau: Desert Canyons and Cultures course, students take turns being the Naturalist of the Day, writing down their observations of the natural and cultural history of the

Producing more power means using more water NEWS – By Judith Lewis Mernit Locked up inside the 6 million years of sediment that makes up the Green River Formation, which extends across

Colorado Plateau: Desert Canyons and Culture is a 12-credit, nine-week course that allows students to backpack through spectacular red rock canyons, float down winding rivers, and meet the people that

I fight myself to not tell her how lovely she is.  She has dark almond eyes that take in the world with an observant urgency, and her hair shines like

As our caravan of freshly christened backcountry travelers sped down the highway, I couldn’t help but to notice how barren and void this landscape was to me. Rocky bluffs of

There are days that wear on along the trail. Days of kicking up dust, feet dragging, and eyes on the hot and dusty (trail). Observation and attentiveness has hit zero