National Parks People
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.
Video: Womxn’s March
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...
A Year in National Parks
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...
Don’t Be Silenced
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, youβve experienced the gag reflex of our newly installed president. Welcome to the club....
The POC-in-chief Delivers
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...
The New Tubman NHP
Unit is 13th with cultural significance established by Obama Obamaβs Impact President Obama has established or redesignated 23 National Park Service units during his administration; 13 of those have cultural significance to marginalized Americans: Harriet Tubman NHP (NY), 2017 Stonewall National Monument (NY), 2016 Castle...