“Common Waters” from @rigtoflip.bsky.social exposes the growing conflict over river and stream access in Colorado.

Watch the film next week in Denver, Wednesday Nov 19 to understand the clash and fight for your right to access our rivers! Reserve your seat, spots are limited: bit.ly/43nTGcf

🌊 Great news for rivers and clean water! American Rivers has received a transformational $10 million grant from the James M. Cox Foundation to protect and restore rivers nationwide.

Read about this impactful grant and our vision for rivers: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...

@TheRickWilson : "The Republicans cannot believe their luck. They get to end the shutdown, blame it on Democrats, and go back to the MAGA base and say, “We killed Obamacare at last!”" https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/schumer-and-the-hateful-eight-betray?r=2lckc&utm_medium=ios

“High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of performing simple and primordial tasks--chopping wood, building a fire, drawing water from a spring, [meandering in the desert with one’s comrades]”

In Northern Arizona on the Navajo Nation lies an archaeologically rich canyon, called Tsegi. Steeped in culture and history, the remote canyon is home to a handful of Navajo ranching families.

🎥 Watch their story this Native American Heritage Month: www.americanrivers.org/tsegi-canyon...

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“Cottonwood and Sandstone” — Cottonwood tree with fall foliage against Utah sandstone.

Right up front, a few things about this…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/11/04/c...

#autumn #fall #foliage #tree #grandstaircaseescalante #southwest #nature #landscape #landscaphotography #photo #photography

A light dusting at Glencoe

Fairy light
A favorite image of mine from
Ffos Noddun / Fairy Glen in Eryri, North Wales
Capturing the light rays is such a pleasure to witness

A rainbow split through storm clouds as the bison stood its ground. This rare atmospheric phenomenon met the quiet presence of a bison, perfectly captured by Jami Bollschweiler. 👏👏

#nature #wildlife #bison

📸 Source: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CQj...

“No American should go through life without knowing a river, some river, and the wilder the better.” —Wallace Stegner

“The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book.” ― Edward Abbey

Pretending to the world that you are the president of peace while waging war at home is diabolical.

“I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.” - Walter Bonatti

A survival story.

“When the cities are gone, he thought, and all the ruckus has died away…maybe free men and wild women on horses, free women and wild men, can roam the sagebrush canyonlands in freedom—goddammit!”