Category: Featured Work
The Many Lives of Water and People
Are we the same person all of our lives? The average human cell only lasts seven years. We, and everything else, are constantly in flux. So what endures? I explored…
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Jimmy Chin // GQ
I recently got a fun assignment to profile Jimmy Chin for GQ, a job that brought me to a cliff in the Tetons where the Oscar-winning climber, photographer, and filmmaker…
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Jerry’s Dirt
My father-in-law, Jerry McGahan, knew how to create a new variety of apple. He knew how to hunt with an eagle. He knew how to catch a porcupine. But most…
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Losing a Stuffie in the Mountains
We were high in the Canadian rockies, clambering over rocks and snowfields, hopped up on endorphins and the scenic beauty around us. Nothing could get us down. And then my…
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Battling History
Manuel Chaves was a Civil War hero who also killed and enslaved Native Americans. How should we remember him?
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Making Two Plants from One
Years ago, my father-in-law noticed a flower he liked along the Clark Fork River in Missoula. He took a cutting of it to plant in his rock garden. Later, when he noticed the flower no longer grew in its original location, he took another cutting and re-planted it.
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The Story of Prisoner 5770102414
As a woman, Prontip Mankong was more likely to end up in prison in Thailand than anywhere else in the world. This is her story.
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Flight of the Salmonfly
The holy grail of Montana fly fishing is the annual salmonfly hatch, when prehistoric stoneflies crawl from the rivers, driving fish, and anglers, to their wits' end. I chased these bugs for this story on Rock Creek.
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Beachcombing
For more than 100 years, inhabitants of the Dutch island of Texel have scoured their beaches for treasure. I arrived to do some looking myself, and found an algae-encrusted bottle with something inside.
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