By George B. Sánchez-Tello Photos by Marco Loera The musicians stand in a circle bisected by a steel wall. Divided, they play together: strumming acoustic instruments, singing call and response verses, and dancing in a communal celebration called fandango. Staged at Friendship Park, outside San...
During a year reporting on national parks, I either accompanied, encountered or befriended a lot of people. They ranged from family and journalist colleagues to the rangers who interpret and steward the lands. Clicking on an image will launch a full-sized viewer.
This video shows powerful and emotional scenes from the Seattle Womxn’s March on Jan. 21, 2017, part of a national network of such marches that day. The number of marchers was estimated as between 130,000 and 175,000, making it one of the largest in the...
Lots to Contemplate When Not Focused Only on Iconic Landscapes When the log footbridge across Colonial Creek came into view, I breathed a sigh. It initially was of relief, until I noted that the creek was roiling and swollen enough to slap furiously against the...
An Open Invitation to workers at Federal Public-lands agencies To the women and men on the ground in our federal public-lands agencies, Because of your pugnacious colleagues at @NatlParkService and @BadlandsNPS, you’ve experienced the gag reflex of our newly installed president. Welcome to the club....
Presidential Memorandum, Monument Designations set blueprint for diversity, inclusion, access in public lands as a new normal Barack Obama is the reason I met Audrey Peterman, who has been advocating for inclusion and access in U.S. public lands for more than 20 years. When the...
