One day this fall, I lay on my back listening to a nearby stream. The ground was hard and a little lumpy, but felt good. It took me a moment to adjust, to slow down, to have no agenda, to quiet my ...

Would you reply to a help wanted ad like this: volunteers needed to help preserve, maintain and protect the wilderness areas in Eagle and Summit counties. Pay is nonexistent, but the working ...

As a 13-year-old backpacking with my dad, I’ll never forget the contentment I felt as I hiked up the rocky trail alongside the raging Hunter Creek. From that first backpacking trip in 1973, I fell in ...

When the fourth Thursday of November arrives, we gather around friends and families for a day of Thanksgiving. As we count our blessings, let’s include wild places among them. We have families we were ...

American spirituality is built on an impulse to flee the world. It teaches that purity lies in distance; the divine can only exist beyond human reach. Nowhere is this clearer than in our desire for ...

Would you reply to the following help-wanted ad? “Volunteers needed to help preserve, maintain and protect the wilderness areas in Eagle and Summit counties. Pay is nonexistent, but the working ...