A Reckoning It’s time that I admit that the Downstream Effects series has been misguided. Almost all 7,250 words of parts 1 through 4 of this series of posts have
Continue readingA Reckoning It’s time that I admit that the Downstream Effects series has been misguided. Almost all 7,250 words of parts 1 through 4 of this series of posts have
Continue readingStatus of the Kilgore Project The end of 2019 has brought with its shortest-of-days some Kilgore Project-related gifts: December 18, 2019 — Advocates for the West won a ruling from
Continue readingThe ineffable backcountry For the most part, when we escape to the hills or wilderness or backcountry or whatever wonderful name we give the beloved pristine, what we escape from
Continue readingIn the last year, I spent a lot of time staring at two sets of things: maps of Idaho and Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes by William
Continue readingBears yawn low in the valleys; snow pack climbs the hills; streams wet their beds; buffalo teach newborns the joy of dirt; the wild’s new generation grow close to their
Continue readingWhile we’ve had soft openings here and here and here, here is a post dedicated to introducing what Eric and I mean when we say Yell to Hell. Yell to
Continue readingDuring the summer of 2017, Alex and I (Eric) humped too-heavy packs from Yellowstone National Park to the Birch Creek Valley, about 300 back-country miles away. This was the third
Continue readingPrologue and Apology It seems to me that a deductive logic system is among the colder ways to approach reality. It is the extraction of principle from physical. It is,
Continue readingArchived Campaign that Ended on Feb. 9, 2018. We have a more thorough and updated article for the 2021 Kilgore Project Proposal accepting comments through Feb 11, 2021. The Kilgore Project
Continue readingFrom Late June through July of 2017, Alex and I were engaged in a near-300-mile through-hike of eastern Idaho’s mountain ranges. We began at Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park
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