Long-form
How a hidden cave can help scientists understand the climate
Sometimes learning about the past to figure out the future requires crawling beneath tons of rock. // High Country News, Sept 2022
A dangerous cocktail threatens the gem of North Idaho
Upstream mining has left a toxic legacy at the bottom of Coeur d’Alene Lake. // High Country News, June 2019
Idaho state lands could end up in private hands
How a developer’s proposed large land swap ignited a fight in small but growing McCall. // High Country News, March 2021
Short-form
The Supreme Court just made it easier to destroy wetlands and streams
The decision strips federal protections from the ephemeral streams that are crucial for life in the arid West. // High Country News, June 2023
#BlackBirdersWeek takes on systemic racism
‘The whole purpose is to highlight and showcase Black birders, and anybody can do that.’ // High Country News, June 2020
The long, strange trip of Deer 255
The 242-mile migration underscores the need to protect wide tracts of land that sustain migrating wildlife. // High Country News, Aug 2018
Essay & review
A new Northwest anthology finds both terror and magic in the darkness
‘Evergreen: Grim Tales & Verses from the Gloomy Northwest’ explores landscapes and life from the Inland Northwest to the Pacific. // High Country News, Dec 2021
Swimming in the Charles
On finding a way to cool off in an unfamiliar city. // The Last Word on Nothing, Aug 2016 (PDF)
Gay rodeo and the subversion of Western cliches
A photo exhibit asks viewers to ponder whether, in reclaiming the idea of the cowboy, gay rodeos renounce violence or reinvest in it. // High Country News, March 2019