Seed Savers Exchange celebration to feature a trout tour

Seed Savers Exchange stewards America’s culturally diverse and endangered garden and food crop legacy for present and future generations. They educate and connect people through collecting, regenerating, and sharing heirloom seeds, plants, and stories.  Seed Savers Exchange has been saving and sharing seeds with gardeners since 1975.   To commemorate the Seed Savers Exchange network—and all…

Gabe Vasquez, United States Congressperson and sportsperson extraordinaire, finds a lot to love in National Monument designation

Two men wearing camoflauge smile on a mountain hill.

As a long-time resident of Las Cruces, a former city councilman and current U.S. Congressperson for New Mexico’s 2nd District, Gabe Vasquez has seen nothing but good come out of the creation of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.

Colorado River Basin and Greater Southwest

STATE OF THE BASIN For far too long, the Colorado River has been overused and overworked. Despite this year’s epic winter, the system’s largest reservoirs are still less than a third full, while the Basin faces threats to its environmental, economic, and cultural values. With so much at stake for the future of the Colorado…

Planting Hope in Rural America

Four young people put tree into a hole they dug

This week in Tennessee, we were doing more than putting trees in the ground

Refuge Field Guide: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

The Red Rocks Lake National Wildlife Refuge, hidden away in the sparsely populated southwest corner of Montana, is the largest wetland complex in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.