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 … More

This isn’t just another dry year, it’s climate change coming home to roost

Back in June, as the 416 Fire raged outside of Durango, Colorado, I wrote an essay about how the conflagration … More

To drive west out of Farmington is to travel through the borderland, where the northeastern edge of the Navajo Nation … More

For his entire adult life, my grandfather, Herb Billings, was a farmer in the Animas Valley north of Durango, Colorado. … More

Excerpt from River of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics, and Greed Behind the Gold King Mine Disaster, by Jonathan P … More

In January, I posted here about the dire snowpack situation in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. At the … More

… The capitalists formed the Gold King Mining & Milling Company, and went to work developing the claim, combining it … More

“For the first time in fourteen years, San Juan County celebrated Christmas and New Year’s days without any snow on … More

I just handed over to my editor the second draft of the manuscript for River of Lost Souls. We’ve still … More