Slowing down and staying put during the pandemic created new opportunities for people to encounter nature on their home ground. Published on Medium.

New photographs of Mount St. Helens, alongside classic views by Frank Gohlke, show the land’s extraordinary response after the 1980 eruption. Published in Places Journal.

The number of migrants crossing illegally from Mexico to the U.S. has declined dramatically. Yet the rugged borderlands of southern Arizona have become a death zone. Published in Places Journal.

Adelheid Fischer visits biomimicry expert Janine Benyus, who puts her theories to the test in her Montana backyard. Published in Creative Nonfiction.

An up-close look at the surprising community of critters in the rock pools of the Colorado Plateau. Published in Zygote Quarterly.

A journey to the bottom of the Grand Canyon defies the expectations (and clichés) of the famous landscape. Published in Places Journal.

Jugaad, the Indian practice of doing more with less, could help frame a global philosophy for sustainable design and innovation. Published in Places Journal.

What does it mean when a famous novelist makes careless errors in his depiction of nature? Published in Places Journal.