Principal restores stream, saves school, revives town
Connecting school with nature and town has big results By Hanna Wheeler In her desk’s side drawer, Principal Dana McCauley keeps a pair of sneakers, an old tee-shirt and jeans. She has to be prepared. At any point in the day, she might be wading in the stream, weeding the butterfly garden or banding birds [...]
DeChristopher supporters continue to rally after sentencing
By Emily Bowers Tim DeChristopher’s fate was decided last week at the Salt Lake City federal courthouse. He was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of $10,000 for disrupting a controversial federal oil and gas-leasing auction in December of 2008, but his sentence was not taken quietly. Twenty-six of his supporters [...]
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The trial of Tim DeChristopher
By Emily Bowers A spur-of-the-moment decision to throw a monkey wrench into a 2008 Bureau of Land Management oil and gas leasing auction made Tim DeChristopher an unforeseen leader within the environmental movement. DeChristopher was found guilty on two felony counts on March 3, 2011 after disrupting the auction in Salt Lake City, Utah. [...]
Joy and Resolve: a profile of climate change activist Tim DeChristopher
By Emily Bowers Photo courtesy National Park Service On a clear evening in southeast Utah, when the sun has just disappeared from sight, the sky holds a deep azure that intensifies from horizon to troposphere. The sand and rock substrates, typically awash in dull shades of sandy tones, pulsate deep hues of red and [...]
Growing seeds, growing business, growing community: a profile of Tom Stearns
By Hanna Wheeler High Mowing Seeds founder and president Tom Stearns knew from a young age that he wanted to work with the earth for a living. “I always said I wanted to be a farmer or a geologist…not that I knew what either of them meant,” he said, laughing. Stearns grew up in [...]
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