Thacker Pass is Sacred, by Kelli Lundin

Thacker Pass is Sacred, by Kelli Lundin

by | Feb 24, 2021 | Reflection

by Kelli Lundin I’ve always found my attempts quite taboo in trying to put my experiences into a container—such as words. How can any arrangement of words, especially mine, fully describe feelings, emotions, visions, colors, dreams—or in particular, Life from the...
Species of the Week: Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

Species of the Week: Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

by | Feb 24, 2021 | Art

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout by Travis London, Deep Green Arts Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) is the largest subspecies of cutthroat trout, and the state fish of Nevada. It is one of three subspecies of cutthroat trout that are listed as...
Summons to an Unknown Desert

Summons to an Unknown Desert

by | Feb 22, 2021 | Reflection

Summons to an Unknown Desert by Paul Feather and Terra Currie “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” —Wendell Berry There are lines being drawn in the sand. Over rock and through sagebrush in a place I have...
Far Harsher Than the Wind

Far Harsher Than the Wind

by | Feb 21, 2021 | Project updates

There is already an open pit in Thacker Pass. It was dug as part of Lithium Americas’ exploration of the site. Though it is small – just one half of one of the over 5000 acres Lithium Americas wants to destroy – it is as conspicuous as an open wound on a lover’s body....
Cross The River By Feeling The Stones

Cross The River By Feeling The Stones

by | Feb 21, 2021 | Reflection

On January 15th, my friend Will Falk and I launched a protest on the slopes of the Montana Mountains (Northern Paiute / Western Shoshone territory) here in northern Nevada, aiming to stop a proposed $1.3 billion open-pit lithium mine that would rip open this wild...
Species of the week: Jackrabbit

Species of the week: Jackrabbit

by | Feb 16, 2021 | Art

Jackrabbits are actually hares, not rabbits. They used to be plentiful in the sagebrush-steppe across the US West but are declining in numbers due to over development and habitat loss.  Jackrabbits are a sagebrush obligate species, meaning they need sagebrush to...