Poetry of Place: Alaska Rainforest 2012 Group Poem
Going home but never forgetting, I rose in a rainforest every morning. Thinking back to the crescendo of ecology, the harmony of nature, the syncopation of landscape, the rhythm of
Rae Fitzpatrick: In Balance at Stillwater
Let’s face it. We need resources. In a perfect world we could leave the forests and plains untouched and pristine. It’s not a perfect world. People concerned about the environment
Anna Finkenauer: Life, Simplified
It stands before me; green, waist high and threatening explosion. Pressure from within is causing bulging and stretching on its surface. It weighs 50, maybe 55 pounds, but has the
Lincoln Frasca: Moods of the Mountains
When your toes are numb with cold, and your Nalgene is frozen shut, it becomes hard to believe that only a couple of days ago it was seventy degrees and
Rosie Macy: Artwork from the Missouri River
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Anna Finkenauer: Working With the Wild West
The swift moving waters of the Missouri River provide an amazing vantage point from which to observe the complex history that has taken place along it’s banks. Awe-inspiring rock formations
Catie DeMets: History in Plain View
We were in the middle of nowhere. The flat plains stretched infinitely into the dimming horizon. We had no cell phone reception, no way to communicate with our friends or
Catie DeMets: The Bob Marshall
On September 1st, the day after our uphill climb, we awoke to a stunning sunrise in the mountain meadow at the Nanny Creek headwaters. It rained the night before, clearing
Rosie Macy: The Bob Marshall
August 31st, 2012 was the second day of our backpacking expedition in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area; little did we know, it would also be the most grueling and difficult.
Natasha Steinmann: Walk a Day in WRFI Boots
6:25am: LOD (Leader of the Day) Faren groggily hears her small watch alarm go off. Time to get up! Her faithful tentmate Mike ensures she dutifully gets out of the
