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Cross Country:
Julie Swarstad Johnson and
Patricia Colleen Murphy in Conversation

March 12, 2020

“When I moved to Arizona from Ohio, I was struck by the feeling that humans had no business living in this climate.” Introduction In giving ... Read More...

A Life of Science:
Revealing the River
by Alex Turner

January 27, 2020

A Life of Science, Nonfiction

A Series by New Scientists A richer, more comprehensive story is revealed only when you dig below the surface; when your ability to see place... Read More...

A Life of Science:
Science, Snakes, and Duct Tape
by Brian Blais

November 22, 2019

A Life of Science, Nonfiction

A Series by New Scientists We met at eight in the morning at a dirt parking lot just inside the national forest entrance. It was ear... Read More...

Unsprawl: Community of Civano in Tucson, Arizona

Unsprawl:
The Community of Civano
Tucson, Arizona

April 14, 2019

To Know a Place, Unsprawl

The Community of Civano located in Tucson, Arizona is a New Urbanist, 270-acre neighborhood designed and built using principles of sustainability, including reduced energy and potable water usage.

Auricle Canyon
by Will Cordeiro

February 7, 2019

Nonfiction

Eight-thousand feet up in the Abajo Mountains of southeast Utah, the late September air gave a wicked chill. I bundled on my blue wool-lined j... Read More...

To Hold a Beautiful, Burning Snake
by Caleb Roberts

November 14, 2018

Nonfiction, To Know a Place

I. They said the Thompson Ridge wildfire was a good fire. It began on May 31, 2013, at the southern foot of Redondo Peak in the Jemez M... Read More...

The Train that Night
by David Carlin

December 5, 2017

Nonfiction

Between the train tracks by the La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona, a yellow line on the platform marks where you should stand behind. Less t... Read More...