They are the West's most savvy water engineers. Here on the Colorado Plateau, ground zero for climate change, we humans have a lot to learn from these furry creatures.
The Grand Canyon is a National Park, a World Heritage site, and homeland to other cultures; so showing a little respect as we visit is only appropriate.
Forget long lines and congested trails! An off-season hiking trip to one of the Southwest’s national parks offers the same spectacular scenery without the crowds. Pack your snow shoes, crampons, cross country skis and hit the road.
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High Country News writer Krista Langlois trekked above 11,000 feet in the La Sal Mountains to understand what is at stake with a fast-expanding herd of exotic mountain goats of concern to both the Forest Service and the Grand Canyon Trust.
A few deer hunters we pass along the rutted backroads of the Kaibab Plateau seem surprised by a lifted pick-up full of young women and our truck bed full of seed bags. “What are y’all doin’ out here?” they ask. I suppose we’re not the usual suspects.
