I live and write at the edge of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in Montana and in a remote village in southern Greece. My articles and essays have appeared in National Geographic, The Guardian, Scientific American, Orion Magazine, The Boston Globe, and many others. My stories, as wide-ranging as my interests, have explored habitat restoration and the climate crisis in the American Southwest, the agricultural and culinary histories and traditions of the eastern Mediterranean, and other facets of culture and the natural world. Lately, my work has focused on old-growth forests and their extraordinary potential for mitigating climate breakdown and harboring biodiversity. Thank you for visiting my website!
Featured story: Last Stand: The struggle to save an untouched American old-growth forest
April 2024
“In Montana’s Northwestern corner, centuries-old trees rise to a late September sky: ancient cedar, giant hemlock, shaggy sharp-needled spruce. Western larch, which can live for 1,000 years, tower above. Early mornings light, filtered through the multilayered canopies, shimmers green and iridescent as it hits the forest floor, where bright ferns and mushrooms sprout from a carpet of blue lichen and emerald mosses…Deep in a remote and rugged region known as the Yaak, this 192-acre expanse I am walking, unceremoniously called Unit 72 by the U.S. Forest Service, offers a rare glimpse of an original arboreal landscape. This is what the forests that cloak the surrounding mountains and valleys looked like before the axe and the chainsaw…”
Selected stories
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Italy’s Timeless Trails
In Puglia and in pastoral regions around the world, an ancient migration remains a community tradition. Read
Winner of the Silver Award for Cultural Tourism from the Society of American Travel Writers
THE GUARDIAN
How Agritourism is Giving a Helping Hand on Greece’s Farms
As Greek farmers look to diversify in response to challenges posed by a volatile market and climate change, some are turning to agritourism. Read
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN & THE FOOD & ENVIRONMENT REPORTING NETWORK
“Restoration Economy” Strives to Protect Pollinators, Create Jobs Read
Featured in The New York Times’ round-up of the year’s best “solution oriented” journalism.
WEATHER.COM & THE FOOD & ENVIRONMENT REPORTING NETWORK
From The Weather Channel's collaborative project- The United States of Climate Change: Can New Mexico’s ancient irrigation canals survive a changing climate? Read
AFAR
The Hyper Local Ingredient that’s Both Healthy and Delicious
On Greece’s Peloponnese Peninsula, food is sourced from hillside to hearth
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Behind Barbed Wire, Beneath a Big Sky
Wyoming’s Heart Mountain recalls WWII fears, injustices Read
THE WASHINGTON POST
Lessons in Resilience from Rural Greece
As the world watches to see whether new bailout talks will ultimately prevent a collapse of the Greek economy, my neighbors in rural Greece carry on with their lives as they have for centuries…
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Rooted in Antiquity: Exploring the Mastic Villages of Chios Read
THE GUARDIAN
Hiking Greece’s Ancient Island Paths
On the islands of Sifnos and Kythera, the revival of ancient walking routes offers low-impact tourism that is a lifeline for rural communities. Read
