Stars were so dense, there was hardly space for sky.
I was late coming up the Bright Angel Trail. It wasn’t on purpose until I realized that by not rushing, I’d walk the last part of the trail in…
Don Luis María Cabeza de Baca would never know what he started. Married three times, the wealthy New Mexico sheepherder fathered as many as 22 children. But Cabeza de Baca’s 19th century land grant…
Twice, it looked as if the route would not go, but a careful scramble to the edge always revealed a stairway through, perfect little steps hidden amid spires of limestone. Soon, we found ourselves in…
By the time I met Bob Stevens in December along a very muddy road on White Mountain Apache Tribe land, I’d been trying to get to the headwaters of the Salt River for six months. And if I were to…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jonathan Buford grew up in Ohio, but after he moved to Arizona in the early 2000s, he fell in love with the concept of wilderness — and with landscape photography. Those two passions…
JK: For several years, you and other photographers in the Tucson area have been sharing your knowledge with high school students. How did this get started?
SM: I was invited to join a group at Pima…
While most people find it difficult enough to live happily in one culture, Jason Nez (pictured) manages to thrive in three. He’s an employee at Grand Canyon National Park, where he navigates a large…
Residents of the Leupp Chapter of the Navajo Nation have closed Grand Falls — east of Flagstaff — to visitors until further notice, citing accumulation of overflowing trash and alcohol containers;…