Licking Glaciers by Cadyn Pitner
As I sit here at the top of Jumbo Pass Lodge, I look in front of me and see the glacier I licked yesterday. Ten miles away and an elevation
Small Acts or Sordid Consequences by Adena Saigh
I looked out across the vast landscape and saw the three remaining glaciers, each pouring into strong veins of water before converging. I sat and stared, admiring the beauty of
Bridging Boundaries: Reflections on the Rocky Mountain Front by Gracelynn O’Connell
The Rocky Mountain Front is a landscape of striking contrasts. To the east, prairie grasses and rolling hills embody wild possibility. To the west, Douglas firs and aspens beckon adventurers
Crying for a Tree by Sydney Lackey
The first reading that me and my group did for Conservation Across Boundaries was “Natural History and the Spiral of Offering” by Thomas Lowe Fleischner. I thought this piece was
Truly Wild by Austin Edwards
Imagine you wake up in the early morning. The moon is still out with a bit of morning dew covering everything around you and the sun slowly starts to creep
“Hey Bear” by Grace Budd
“In the Western tradition there is a recognized hierarchy of beings, with, of course, the human being on top. But… we must look to our teachers among the other species
Ernesta McIntosh: The Last Frontier
Beep! Beep! Beep! I wake up to the frenzied sound of alarms, and tiredly roll over in my damp sleeping bag. It is 4 a.m. and five of my Conservation
WRFI: A Summer of Relearning How to Love Learning by Mik Kaiser
It was early May and it was one of the first warm days of a late Madison spring. I was sitting in my third class of the day, in a
Bree Paddock: Girls Gone Jumbo Wild
Between talks of “Keep Jumbo Wild” tattoos, endless Shrek references, and renditions of Abba’s finest, there are meaningful moments. Moments that make me stop. Moments that make me think, “This
Kit Collins: Revelations on the Ridge
By now, I’d say that our group has pretty much reached pro-status when it comes to ridge walking. It started as a kind of frightening experience, but with every ridge