When I was young I lived over the hill from a bustling creek. On days when the sun was shining, I would run downstairs and put on big black rain

My belief is there is no feeling of greater warmth and security in nature than sitting beneath a ponderosa pine.  These wise old trees are indescribably beautiful, gentle, and majestic. 

At a recent class deep in the Big Snowy Mountains I was asked, “What does it mean to be home?” This is a hard question for me to grasp. I

The Summer Day by Mary Oliver— Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? The grasshopper I mean- The one who has

I am a hypocrite. I preach conservation of lands, understand the importance of biodiversity, believe in climate change, and spent my precious free time recreating in wilderness and national forest,

Three nights in paradise; frozen finger tips, white as fogged breath in the cool morning from the calm practice of of breaking down a tent. River beside me flows north,

As we left the shore of the muddy Missouri, we crossed a cow burnt field and started up a draw. We worked our way through the rolling hills, which flanked

Is environmentalism a form of religion? Environmentalists all share a view on what is important to us in the world: the animals, the land, and the natural processes that surround

Our group dispersed along the ridge of Great House Peak—the highest point in Montana’s Big Snowy Mountains, standing 8,681’ high—to find a spot to take in the expansive view. It

Throughout the second section of the Montana Afoot and Afloat course, I have been able to apply knowledge from the first section to understand this landscape more precisely. Being in