![Santa Fe Critter Cam Gallery](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Santa Fe Critter Cam Gallery/Thumbnail.e8848ad9.jpg)
by Debra Denker
Great critter cam photos are a matter of luck rather than photographic skill — although a little bit of editing magic can turn a mediocre photo into a great one.
Read more![An excerpt from the cli-fi novel Weather Menders](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Fiction/An excerpt from the cli-fi novel/Thumbnail.9e8bb0dd.jpg)
by Debra Denker
I conceived Weather Menders during a very hot summer visit to the UK in 2013. I had been looking forward to escaping the heat that in recent years has become characteristic of Santa Fe summers by going…
Read more![Seeking Solace on Horseback: Riding Keeps Me Sane During Pandemic](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Seeking Solace/Thumbnail.53f99fe1.jpg)
by Debra Denker
On the first day of autumn, I’m riding through a changing forest — tall, deep green ponderosas interspersed with the butter-gold of aspens, and shrubs ranging from pale crimson to deep russet to coral…
Read more![Protecting the Arctic Refuge: Gwich’in People Defend the Sacred](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Voices/Protecting the Arctic Refuge/Thumbnail.a6d97ced.jpg)
by Debra Denker
It’s obvious that something is very wrong with the land before our plane even lands in Fort Yukon, Alaska, known to its indigenous Gwich’in inhabitants as Gwich’in Zhee.
Read more![In the Wake of Dolphins](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Field Notes/In The Wake of Dolphins/Thumbnail.87c19665.jpg)
by Debra Denker
The pod of five dolphins gracefully, effortlessly, swims past me, perhaps a dolphin-length away. Entranced, I simply follow. Dolphins swim with powerful vertical thrusts of their tails, and for a few moments…
Read more![Birdwatching: A Growing Industry in Post-Conflict Colombia](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Birdwatching/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
In November 2016, Colombia’s congress approved a historic peace deal after a 52-year conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). For decades, the presence of armed groups prevented…
Read more![Bobcats in the Hood](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Bobcats in the Hood/Thumbnail.b2569926.jpg)
by Debra Denker
As I open my garden gate on an uncharacteristically sultry Southwest summer afternoon, I hear a growl, a thump and then scrabbling in the Russian olive tree above me. I round the corner and come face to…
Read more![Peru’s Chaparrí Conservation Area: A Wildlife Reserve in the Tumbesian Dry Forests](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Perus Chaparrí Conservation Area/Chaparri%20entrance-400x400.80cd3c3b.jpg)
by Maddie Southard
Named for the mountain that dominates the landscape, the Chaparrí Conservation Area is located about 50 miles east of the Pacific coast in northern Peru.
Read more![Peaceful Coexistence: Snow Leopards and Humans Share Pakistan’s Mountains](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Peaceful Coexistence With Snow Leopards/FeaturePhotoLeopard400x400.b2569926.jpg)
by Debra Denker
Confession: I am a lifelong lover of snow leopards. So, a couple of months ago, when I was sick of politics, I was happy to follow a Facebook-suggested link to Snow Leopard Trust. I eagerly read their…
Read more![Reduce, Reuse and ... Power Up](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/ReduceReusePowerUp/photo%204_FEATURE%20PHOTO.a1d5d6b3.jpg)
by Terence Hyland
Perspective can dictate what we see. A visitor to Guam or Easter Island may see sandy beaches or breathtaking seascapes, but a local may see an endless tide carrying plastic bottle caps and spent fishing…
Read more![Bird Conservation in Colombia’s Andean Forests](/assets/image-cache/Team%2C%20T2-002.8c4221d4.jpg)
by Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela
I wake up at 4:30 a.m. in my tent and go out to admire the dark, cloud-covered forest. I meet with my team of locals to warm up and discuss our plan of action. Over a nice cup of Colombian coffee, we sit…
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