I write features and essays for magazines, newspapers and websites. Here is a selection of some of my favorite work. For my most recent stories, please check out my blog.
During the phenomenon of polar night, parts of the Arctic don’t see the sun for weeks or months at a time. The darkness drives some people insane, but for others, it opens a gateway into wonder and peace.
Research shows that our assumptions about eating disorders are often wrong — and that many larger-bodied people are starving themselves.
Coaches, who bridge the gap between doctors, therapists, and dietitians and a client’s friends and family, are a new and fast-growing phenomenon in the field of eating disorder treatment.
Pet adoptions have spiked during the pandemic. Now is the time to change outdoor dog culture for the benefit of people, public lands, wildlife, and the dogs themselves.
Outside correspondent Kate Siber learned to reinhabit her body by being outdoors. But she didn’t expect that healing would also bring a new perspective on nature itself.
Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi?
University of Colorado Denver education professor Cheryl Matias built her career helping prospective urban teachers fight racism. Now she wants to bring her ideas to a broader audience.
In 2017, the suicide rate in Durango, Colorado, was three times the national average. After 32 deaths in two years, the town’s leaders banded together and instituted changes with the goal of stopping the contagion. Their efforts may also help other mountain towns.
Caroline Gleich has skied some of the hardest lines in the country but also secretly suffered from abuse from online bullies. When she finally spoke out, she realized she wasn't the only professional athlete being harassed.
As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings.
Upscale meditation studios are bringing mindfulness to the masses. Are they also diluting the practice?
A writer returns to the Grand Canyon again and again. And again.
That mental list you keep of all the fun things you want to experience before it's too late? We wrote it down. Then we came up with a plan for making it all happen—in the next 365 days.
We’re better than ever at understanding the dangers of avalanches. So why can’t we avoid them?
Don't let Alice have all the fun. Get moving at these places high, low, far, or plain thrilling.
How the residents of Silverton, Colorado beat the odds to rescue a long-abandoned mining town
As director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, James Eklund has the unenviable task of overseeing the first comprehensive water plan in the state’s history. But in a place where water is scarce—and is a private property right that sometimes goes back generations—can a blueprint for how to use this resource actually work?
The plan to bring tar sands oil through the Great Bear Rainforest isn’t dead yet. TakePart Journeys explores an alternative source of local development: tourism.
One summer, I braved the Wanderlust Festival, which celebrates yoga, outdoor sports, music, and spiritual pursuits with unbridled positivity.
Meet Graham Steinruck and Nick Martinez—two men on a mission to bring the wild foods of the Front Range to Denver kitchens.