Shannon Lynch: My Happy Place
“Even when I’m a thousand miles away from my roots, I’m home.” -Zac Brown Band Growing up in a small town in Southern New Jersey with not many things to
Steve Schmidt: One Father’s Epiphany
To the fathers of eight exceptional young women: You sent your girls off into the backcountry of Montana and Canada. I would have been nervous being a father of three
Earl Clark: Solutions are not Simple
After a thoroughly educational talk with Mike Scott, a farmer from Billings, about the effects of an oil spill on his land and the surrounding community, we went inside his
Emi Okitsu: I don’t have a chocolate, can I have yours?
While biking up the hill in Eastern Montana, I thought about my arrival to the United States three years ago. Now I am studying energy issues and climate change while
Cory Couture: Chemical Dependency
How long can you go without a cup of coffee? Tea? Red Bull? Do you get headaches if you miss your morning cup of coffee? If so, you are chemically
Alyssa Swartz: Wilderness Defined Differently
No one wants to carry around an encyclopedia in their 75 liter pack through the Scapegoat Wilderness. Even if I did want to carry around my phone, there is no
Wyatt Zahringer: The Insanity of Energy Production
The title of this blog should be a good indicator of what is about to come. And yes, I am going to provide you with the definition of insanity. Insanity
Sloane Adams: My First Backpacking Experience
I signed up with Wild Rockies Field Institute (WRFI) at the end of December, eager and excited. After waiting only a few weeks, I got an email from WRFI notifying me of
Parker Eversoll: Coal Stops Burning, yet Green Jobs Start Turning
The multi-billion dollar coal industry is dying; there I said it. Many of you most likely already know that coal operations are being shut down, downsized, and once-prosperous energy moguls
Sarah Bartz: Valuing the Intrinsic in an Instrumental Valued World
I sit on the shore of Lake Powell. My wristwatch reads 6:16 pm, the sun is creeping below the horizon, and the warmth of the day is still tickling my