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More western meadowlarks are returning to Antelope Island and it seems early in the year for it. Highs of 60 today.

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

Corona Arch is a large sandstone arch near Moab, Utah. Photo shows the arch, orange sandstone, and a small pinyon pine tree.

Closeup view of Corona arch showing orange and maroon sandstone and blue sky.

View of the sky from under Corona Arch.

Pinto Arch near Moab Utah. Shows orange sandstone wall with a large void where you can see blue sky. Boulders and some Ephedra shrubs are in the foreground.

Nice way to cap the end of a horrid year. Skiing is terrible in Utah, so we turn to December hikes.

If I were actually a free thinker who questioned everything I might get to wondering why my government tries to make me mad at Somalis every time something new comes out about Epstein

Plastic figures of Olaf, and Elsa on a sled next to a dumpster fire.

These advent kits are capturing the year so well

Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 Editor’s Note: The extent of Hispanic and Latino/a/e peoples is broad and multidimensional.  Although many will try to describe us as homogenous and as one in the same, we recognize that could not be ...

With mere hours left to go in Hispanic Heritage Month, we put the finishing touches on our storymap we created with our partners @greenlatinos.org that celebrates the contributions Latinos have made to Environmental Justice. It is but a portion of the story but I really hope you'll engage with it.

Antelope Island is a dry place, especially this year, and these sunflowers somehow claw water from the soil.

The defining feature of U.S. democracy has been the unwillingness to hold white conservatives to the rule of law. Time & again, when democratic systems seemed to threaten their power, white conservatives sabotaged existing systems. That dynamic makes democracy impossible.

Photo of high elevation meadow in Bighorn Ntl Forest with stacked rocks comprising a 80 foot diameter "medicine wheel" with 28 spokes and six attached or nearby rock cairns.

Raven sitting on limestone formation in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains.

Fireweed blooming in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains with mountain forest and meadows in background.

Been wanting to see this place for 30 years and finally got to see it. What an amazing Wyoming landscape.

Congratulations! Looking forward to reading it.

I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.

I've seen less projection at a drive-in.

What would be more rock-bottom pathetic than this—getting sent to keep the peace at elementary school recess?

I'm so sorry.

Denali National Park poster by Tyler Nordgren. See more of his work here: tylernordgren.com/mi... #alaskahistory #alaska #denali

Seniors in Salt Lake City heading out for a #nokingsprotest in front of their assisted living facility.

So, the Marines are protecting us from Veterans now?

I'm sorry and this is horrible.

Salt Lake City showed up

1000 points to the woman in the sweatshirt. Strong work! Thank you.

National Forest Service Library Historical Forest Service “Herstory” collection.

March is Women’s History Month.

I hesitate to share, as the Regime may burn our library in retaliation, but check this out:

“Women have been an integral part of the Forest Service since its inception and these stories celebrate this part of that legacy.”

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*Attending a Hitler rally* I don’t like everything he says but it’s important I respect the office

This week's edition was excellent. Thank you.

Powder Mountain ski area with snow-covered mountains and overcast skies.

Nice day for skiing.

Ravine with snow and gambel oak that has orange cliffs studded with junipers and patches of snow above.

Winter landscape scene at a large unfrozen reservoir (Echo Reservoir) ringed by snow-covered hills with gray clouds obscuring half of the blue sky

Sunday amble through a few inches of fresh snow.

The whole pandemic experience into the memory hole so we can ignore its outcomes as if they appeared spontaneously.

Three Antelope Island bison with two of them in background partly obscured by fog.

Bison hiding in the clouds at Antelope Island.

Ridge exposed with fog obscuring lower slopes.

Inversion season