The Land Desk | Jonathan P. Thompson

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Reflecting on Place, History, and Writing

Soward's a master at looking backward in time to see what the future holds when it comes to history, politics, and public lands in the Western U.S.

- Jonathan P. Thompson

The Civil Conversations Project

By Wayne Hare

Changing the narrative that America tells itself about race.

Wordloaf

By Andrew Janjigian

A thrice-weekly, IACP-nominated breaducational newsletter from Andrew Janjigian. "Pedantic crap!" — A (former) reader

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

SoCal Water Wars

By John Earl

A local and reliable source of investigative journalism and in-depth reporting about SoCal water wars

Green Rocks

By Ian

A newsletter that doesn't want dirty mining to ruin clean energy

Ian has a uniquely intelligent perspective on a controversial, complicated, and important issue.

- Jonathan P. Thompson

Colorado Mountain Running & Living

By Sarah Lavender Smith

Personal essays with practical advice about trail running, mountain life & midlife grit.

Wilderness

By Anastasia Selby

Historical and current perspectives on the concept of wilderness, wildland fires, ecology, and fire-suppression in the United States, written by a former hotshot and current PhD candidate.

Fires is an insider look (written by a former hotshot) at the complex world of wildfires, what's fueling them, and at the often confounding politics surrounding fire-suppression and prevention.

- Jonathan P. Thompson