SAMUEL N GILBERT

‘I was thrilled and shocked’: images raise hopes of return of wild jaguars to the US

The Guardian
The young, muscular male approached from the east at about 4am. He paused briefly in front of the motion-sensor camera, seemingly posing for the photo. “It was overall a moment
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‘It healed me’: the Indigenous forager reconnecting Native Americans with their roots

The Guardian
On a warm day in April, Twila Cassadore piloted her pickup truck toward the mountains on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona to scout for wild edible plants. A
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The Future of Farming: Vertical Harvest Reimagines Growing Produce in a Sustainable Urban Oasis

Wyoming Truth

JACKSON, Wyo. — On average, fresh produce travels over 1,500 miles from farm to fork in the United States — the equivalent of driving from Los Angeles to Houston.

In

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‘A living pantry’: how an urban food forest in Arizona became a model for climate action

The Guardian
Near downtown Tucson, Arizona, is Dunbar Spring, a neighborhood unlike any other in the city. The unpaved sidewalks are lined with native, food-bearing trees and shrubs fed by rainwater diverted
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Creating The ‘Carbon Capture State’ (Part 1)

The Wyoming Truth
In Wyoming’s coal country, an emerging climate technology takes holdFeb. 15, 2023By Samuel GilbertSpecial to the Wyoming TruthIn 2021, a record high 36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide were
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Part 1: A Struggling Coal Town Looks to a Nuclear Future

The Wyoming Truth
Bill Gates-backed TerraPower to build state’s first nuclear power plant Oct. 1, 2022By Samuel GilbertSpecial to the Wyoming TruthKEMMERER, Wyo.—In late 2019, Teri Picerno heard that the Naughton coal power
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Part 2: A Struggling Coal Town Looks to a Nuclear Future

The Wyoming Truth
Bill Gates-backed TerraPower to build state’s first nuclear power plant Oct. 2, 2022By Samuel GilbertSpecial to the Wyoming TruthOn Saturday, the Wyoming Truth published the part one of a story
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Invisible and toxic in New Mexico

Source NM

In her 30 years working as a health care professional in the Navajo Nation, Adella Begaye witnessed the health impacts of extractive industries on Indigenous communities in the Southwest.

“We

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To understand the orphan well problem in NM, someone’s going to have to count them

Source NM

The 50-square-mile stretch of public land known as Glade Run is described on the Bureau of Land Management’s website as a “great spot for the weekend warrior.”

Glade Run is

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