UPDATE: On June 4, the Bureau of Land Management withdrew its opposition to H.R. 2181, the Chaco Cultural Heritage Protection…
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I am currently taking on editing and writing projects on a freelance basis. Need a writing coach who can help…
Go West, BLM!
Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — who has ridden off into the revolving-door sunset — had a lot of bad…
‘Painting’
Several years ago, I hopped into the Silver Bullet (my old, trusty car) and headed down to northwest New Mexico…
The Art from ‘Behind the Slickrock Curtain’ (and a special offer!)
A few weeks ago, when Eliza Santos left Malcolm Brautigan alone in the home she shares with her husband Peter…
May 1 San Juan snowpack update
Snow levels have presumably peaked in the San Juan Mountains and, as expected, they look pretty darned healthy. That said,…
Behind the Slickrock Curtain preview
I’m about to do something that may be a bit unconventional, unorthodox — maybe even uncouth: promoting a novel before…
Gold King water treatment shutdown: Bad, but not catastrophic
Alarm bells went off throughout the Animas and San Juan River drainages this weekend when big storms and the historically…
San Juan Snowpack ’19: The race to the top
Okay, okay, okay. A week ago, I pointed out that this year’s snowfall, while big, still did not measure up…
The War for the Roads
This story by Jonathan P. Thompson ran in the Silverton Mountain Journal in winter of 2002. Given the historic avalanche…
Jonathan P. Thompson 