Selected Publications

Spain Torre.jpg

Old roots, new seeds:

A Telluride poet’s reflections on tourism and resilience from her home in Spain

Feeling a place. Being in a place. Understanding a place. Growing to love a place, especially over many years, is a precious gift.

in the Telluride Watch

 
telluride_bear_creek_lower_falls.jpg

Geotagging responsibly:

Little Hawaii example of

how

social media can lead to overuse

The #nogeotag movement too has raised larger societal questions of equity, access and inclusion on public lands.

in the Telluride Daily Planet

lynx.jpg

The return of the lynx:

Once again, the elusive feline

haunts the forests of the San Juans

Imagine one morning you awaken in the moist, dense boreal forests of British Columbia. You stand and stretch. Your black, fur-tipped ears catch a rustle nearby. There is the sound of a shot…

in Shelter Magazine

sara+ward.jpg

Local Yogi Paints Through the Pandemic: Sara Ward Discovers Her Passion for a New Creative Process

Sara Ward describes herself as a creative compulsive. “I’m fascinated with learning how I express myself,” she said.

in the Telluride Daily Planet

 
Rossgay.png

Library Features Poet Ross Gay

“The Book of Delights” is filled with curiosity and enchantment as well as longing and loss. Gay’s lyrical prose flows to topics as wide ranging as songs, nicknames, lychee fruit, sidewalk naps and toddlers.

in the Telluride Daily Planet

Dolores-River-near-Gateway-e1444671812140.jpeg

Heading downriver: Advocacy group creates new guidebook for the Dolores

An opportunity to run the Dolores can feel rarer than a double overhead blower pow day. When the chance arrives, the last thing a boater wants is to be getting on the river mapless. That was, however, a likely scenario in recent years.

in the Telluride Daily Planet

 
max palmyra.jpeg

Moonbound: Local artist’s piece heading to the moon

Palmyra Peak is heading to the moon in painted form. “Freedom,” by local artist Nicole Finger, depicts her son Max Finger on Palmyra in vivid detail. The image offers the viewer a powerful incantation of the joy and liberation we can experience in the mountains.

in the Telluride Daily Planet