Wilderness Has a Purity Problem
What does it mean for a landscape to be pristine? Ande Peersen reflects on her love of the outdoors and her work for the U.S. Forest Service to interrogate the nature–culture divide.
Tagged: Landscapes
Visualizing the Volcanic Caribbean
Weaving a reflective essay with a virtual gallery, artist Kwynn Johnson draws upon the rich history of volcano-inspired art to creatively reimagine the twenty-first-century Caribbean landscape.
Eating with Relatives in the Fort Peck Reservation
European colonization dramatically altered the Montana landscape. Becca Dower, Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, shows how two community agriculture projects are restoring native ecologies and Indigenous food sovereignty.
A Park Service for Both Bison and Bombs
The centennial of the National Park Service offers a chance to reassess how we view natural and cultural landscapes.
