Gathering Chips
One of my favorite photographs hangs in my bathroom.
At its center is a wheelbarrow, with wooden handles, braces, and legs. The ten-spoke wheel is iron. Cow chips – dry dung – are stacked two feet high in the tray. …
Out West
Animals, Out West, Place
Rehabbing Rain
In the Shade of the Cottonwood Tree
I was born and raised in the desert. Like most desert plants and animals, I love rain. I live for rain. I live because of rain. Rain heals me, as it heals and …
Activism, Conservation, Ecosystems, Out West, Print Edition
Ten Sleep
For an audio version, here is Jesse reading the piece on his Yonder Lies Podcast.
On a hot day in the summer of 2018, I woke up to red and blue lights saturating the white dolomite walls that loom over the Ten …
Climate, Human Landscape, Out West
The Greywater Diaries
Sayd Randle explores a different perspective of California's water crisis: the stories of Los-Angeles based home greywater system installers.
Conservation, Human Landscape, Multimedia, Out West
Aqueduct-walking in the Mojave Desert
Sayd Randle hikes with a filmmaker along the Los Angeles Aqueduct as they meet the communities impacted by the water consumption of Los Angeles, California.
Conservation, Freshwater, Out West
A Gurgle Beneath the Roar: The Grand Canyon’s Hidden Water
When it comes to water in the arid landscape, Laurel Hamers says we should be concerned about more than just the Colorado.