Beyond Bears Ears
This piece appeared in the March 2018 issue of Outside Magazine The last time I visited Yosemite National Park, I made the jaunt to Glacier Point. Standing at the edge of the drop-off, I tried to imagine myself taking in the magnificent vista while discussing...
Taking Parks to People
Mobile centers like Roving Ranger and La Ranger Troca have promise to address National Park diversity struggles Earlier this summer in a steamy but shaded corner of Griffith Park in Los Angeles, Jose Garcia has just told a group of third graders that cottontails “eat...
Mountains of Diversity
Antonio Solorio helps national park tap into L.A.’s Latinx majority The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is a 157,000-acre quilt of national park, California state park and state beach lands, bordered by the Pacific Ocean and inland valleys. It’s located in the greater Los...