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Bisbee, Arizona
11/24 - Wendy Glenn: Malpai Borderlands Group by Ari van Schilfgaarde
With the rain comes...
Preparing for Thanksgiving.
Meeting the Sky Island Alliance.
Sycamore Canyon by the Pajarito Wilderness.
Lindsey and Jessica make cinnamon rolls on Thanksgiving morning.
Thanksgiving cook-crew.
Camping doesn't mean unfashionable...
Happy Thanksgiving!
The Thanksgiving spread.
Relics of illegal immigrants.
Erin and Sarah at the border.
Tour with the Border Patrol.Mexico
Morning in Mexico.
Surly Westies.
Students inspect a gabion.
Paul Arbetan.
Class on the wetland.
Mexico base camp.
Mexican grassland.
In La Sierra Madre.New Mexico
Laura and weaving at Tierra Wools.
Brian and Erin watch a weaver in Los Ojos.
Harmony and Meg enjoy Fall in Bandelier.
Alison cleans out the store in Los Alamos.
Students do GIS work outside Santa Fe.
Trailer lab at night. 11/12 - Gloria Flora and Kendall Clark by Kristen Kirkby
Jackie visits camp. 11/14 - Peter Russell and The Nature Conservancy by Savanna Ferguson 11/14 - Sharmen Apt Russell by Rebecca Hartwell 11/15 - The Bird People by Debbie Nelson
Bird-banding outside Cliff.Bluff, Valley of the Gods
Pottery from the Edge of the Cedars museum.
Crew sets up the dome, stabs Phil.
Authors Ellen Meloy and Anne Weiler Walka.
Class circle on Comb Ridge.
Comb Ridge Camp.
Sunrise on Comb Ridge. 10/26 - Gene Stevenson - Geologist: River Rats and Rugged Rocks by Lindsey Case
Peter and Gringo-Rojo. Petroglyph Research, Complied by Harmony Paulsen
Petroglyph documentation by Bluff.
Petroglyph wall.
Inside a pueblo ruin.
Overlooking Butler Wash.
Kevin, Laura, dutch-oven goodness.
Harmony's Green Chilli Enchiladas.
Lindsey, Savanna, and Laura in Valley of the Gods.
Mark Maryboy and Valley of the Gods. 11/2 - Mark Maryboy by Erin McMahan
Noah finds an arrowhead.
Molly wakes up to the valley. 11/4 - Mark Meloy by Isaac CunninghamMoab/Canyonlands NP
Jess and Molly in Canyonlands.
The muddy perils of canoeing.
Harmony and Ari by the Green River.
Maggot-ville awakens!
Canyonlands evening.
It's a dirty business for Molly and Ari... 10/24 - Finding Our Monkey Wrench with Seldom Seen Smith: Ken Sleight - Pack Creek Ranch by Laura Fletcher
Camp beneath Looking-Glass Arch.Las Vegas
10/15 - Union Power in Las Vegas by Sarah McConnell
Students help Alison sort food at Red Rocks.
The other side of Vegas, dawn at Red Rocks. 10/16 - Irene Rostine by Harmony Paulsen 10/17 - Vegas Foreshadowing by Brandon Nickerson
Las Vegas: The Fremont Street Experience.
Showgirls pose with Westies.Owens Lake, Alabama Hills
10/3 - 10/14 Paul Hoornbeek by Jessica Marks 10/9 - Mike Prather by Tori Amorello
Mike Prather of the Owens Valley Committee.
Owens Valley: Dried spring with dead willows.
Beginning of the LA aqueduct, built 1911.
Students drink from one of the last artesian springs.
Sprinklers keep the dust down in dry Owens Lake.
Camp under the Sierras.
Sarah makes quesadillas, Paul looks on. 10/11 - Friends of the Inyo by Peter Avriett
Keith Glidewell, of Friends of the Inyo.
Bristlecone forest.
Students gather around a bristlecone.Mammoth Lakes
10/6 - Lisa Isaacs and Alex Fabro by Lindsey Case
Students on top of Mammoth Mountain.
LADWP Penstock. 10/8 - Brian Tillemans by Brian Coggan
Brian Tillemans of LADWP talks about restoration.
Ruined powerstation in Owens River Gorge.
Hiking in Owens River Gorge.
Cooling off in Owens River.
Writing class under the Sierras.Mono Lake
10/2 - Bartsche Miller by Isaac Cunningham
Learning how Tufa towers are formed on Mono Lake.
Exposed Tufa towers.
Searching for brine shrimp.
Hiking up Bloody Canyon, giant juniper.
Aspen groves in the Sierra Nevadas.
View of Mono Lake from 10,400 feet.
Yellow aspen.
Phil in his office.Wells, Jackpot, Crescent Valley, Elko
9/28 - A Trip to the Ranch and a Road Less Traveled by Kristen Kirkby
Steve Boies shows us his ranch.
Robin and Sam Boies. 9/29 - A. Grant Gerber by Ari Van Schilfgaarde
In A. Grant Gerber's offices.
Dinner at The Star, Basque restaurant. 9/29 - Cortez Gold Mine, Savanna Ferguson
Cortez open-pit goldmine.
On the edge of Cortez.
Bigger Truck=More gold.
The innards of the Cortez operation. 9/29 - John Marvel by Kevin McNellis
John Marvel: "Why cows are bad..." for public lands.
Incised streambed. 10/1 - Carrie and Mary Dann by Meg McPhaden
The Dann Sisters.
Listening to Julie Fischel at the Dann Ranch.
The open road...
The Trailer and Hot Tamale".Dinosaur National Monument
9/25 - Dinosaur National Monument by Molly Smith
Dewey morning in Dinosaur.
Service learning with Tamara the Tamarisk Warrior.
Brian and Tory cut tamarisk.
Cleared tamarisk stumps.
Students clearcut the bank.
Tamarisk pile.
A post-tamarisk float down the Green River.
Evening light.
Night kitchen.
Kevin gets a makeover.
Kevin: madeover.
Celebrating Lindsey's birthday.Jackson Hole, Grand Teton NP
Group in Grand Teton NP.
In Carharts we trust...apparently.
Alison steals my hat.
Brian and medium format camera in aspen grove. 9/23 - "Do Beavers Eat Fish?" An Inquiry by Noah Koerper
Camp at evening, looking towards the Tetons.
Teton sunset.
Morning view.
Kristen and Brandon pack.
Best classroom ever.
Students listen to lecture.Yellowstone NP
Frosty first morning in Yellowstone.
Camp at Slough Creek.
Traffic.
9/21 - Wayne Brewster by Brian Coggan
Wayne Brewster and class.
9/21 - Hank Fisher by Jessica Marks
Hank and Andy Fisher.
9/21 - Rick McIntyre by Savanna Ferguson
Rick McIntyre scans for wolves.
Listening to Rick.
Wolf watching.
The Boiling River.
Savanna, Lindsey, and Peter--early morning.
Erin, Jessica, and Laura at Geyser Basin.
Old Faithful: Yellowstone National Parking.
Three-Forks-Bozeman, MT
9/19 - Ray Rasker by Isaac Cunningham
A respite from the rain: class with the Sonoran Institute. 9/19 - Two-Steppin' in Montana by Peter Avriett 9/20 - Bruce and Connie Malcolm by Noah Koerper 9/20 - Predator Conservation Alliance by Debbie Nelson
Soggy camp in Three Forks.
Westies with members of the PCA.Ovando-Missoula, MT
9/16 - Blackfoot Challenge, by Brandon Nickerson
Whitman and UMT students on the Stone Ranch.
Listening to Jim Stone.
Black bear outside Ovando.
The ONLY way to travel...
Tory and Brandon outside Trixie's Restaurant. 9/17 - Daniel Kemmis, by Lindsey Case 9/17 - Clark Fork Coalition, by Ari van Schilfgaarde
Berkely Pit in Butte, MT.Idaho Panhandle
Becca, Kristen, and Sarah dish up on a wet evening.
Prepared for rain on the Lochsa River. 9/14 - Chuck and Al, by Kevin McNellis
Chuck Pezeshski and class.
Rainbow over the Lochsa.
Chuck gets into his work with Tory and Kristen. 9/15 - Three Rivers Timber Mill, by Molly Smith
Students tour Three Rivers Timber.
(tour continued...)
Morning on the Lochsa.Backpacking, Starvation Ridge, Wallowa County, OR
Aug. 29-Sept. 6, Wallowa County, OR
Getting ready to backpack in Hells Canyon.
Rest stop on backpacking trip.
Basecamp on Cow Creek.
Erin and pondorosa pine.
Making breakfast at Starvation Ridge.
Harmony helps make breakfast.
Mary grades papers in the mobile lab.
Lindsey and Noah make sack lunches.
Good morning Westies.
Breakfast at Starvation Ridge. 9/7 - Wallowa County Commissioner Ben Boswell, by Kristen Kirkby 9/7 - Still Proud to be an American, by Harmony Paulsen 9/7 - JoSo Ranch: Loggers Bob and Jim Zacharias, by Sarah McConnell
Bob Zacharais' Tree Farm. 9/8 - Meandering between Local and National Control - Finding the Balance with Wallowa Resources, by Laura Fletcher 9/8 - Goebel/Jackson Tree-Farm, by Rebecca Hartwell
Sunset at Starvation Ridge.
Lindsey, Erin, and Molly. 9/8-10 - Josh O'Brien, by Meg McPhaden
Meg and Becca ride the gondola.
Alpine flora.
Sunset from Mt. Howard. 8/28>9/11 - Mary O'Brien, by Tory Amorello/Erin McMahonJohnston, Buckhorn, Wallowa County, OR
Aug. 26-29, Johnston Wilderness Campus - Walla Walla, WA to Wallowa County, Oregon.
Chief Joseph lodge at JWC.
Trailer loaded: ready to leave.
Buckhorn Overlook at the edge of Imnaha Canyon.
Moonrise over the Imnaha from camp.
Buckhorn camp at sunrise.
Isaac writing by the canyon.
Not your average classroom...
Kristen and friend.
Geologist, photographer, Ellen Bishop.
Buckhorn camp at evening.
Rebecca and Peter prepare dinner.
Angela Sondena talks about Precious Lands, Nez Perce property on the Oregon Washington border.
Preparing dinner at the confluence of the Snake and Grand Ronde Rivers.