Publications

• “Rerooting, re-Hoosiering,” The Hamilton County Reporter Newspaper, October 5, 2024.

• Dear Park Ranger: Essays on Manhood, Restlessness, and the Geography of Hope, Wayfarer Books, May 9, 2023. 2024 Indiana Authors Awards, Debut Shortlist. 2024 Nautilus Book Awards, Silver Winner, Memoir & Personal Journey / Essays. 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards, Finalist, Travel and Essays.

• “What Do You Want from Nature Writing?,” River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative, March 17, 2023.

• “A Rucksack Rumination,” The Wayfarer 10th Anniversary Issue, Homebound Publications, November 15, 2022. Nominated for a 2023 Pushcart Prize.

• “The Moon, the River, a Best Friend,” The Good Men Project, June 6, 2021.

• “Making my peace with the desert—and a mule,” Christian Science Monitor, February 5, 2020.

• “Climbing the High Ridges and Stumbling,” River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative, July 1, 2015.

• “Frontier Science School: Pioneering New Partnerships,” The Bureau of Land Management Daily, May 26, 2015.

• “Goodbye, Coho,” Drive: The Magazine from Subaru, Spring 2015.

• “Pitman Creek,” The Good Men Project, March 31, 2014. Originally published in Ascent.

• “Stand Your Ground, Peyton Manning,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, February 18, 2014

• “Pete Seeger, My Onetime Boss, Dies,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, January 28, 2014.

• “Pitman Creek,” Ascent, January 9, 2014. Nominated for the 2014 Best of the Net Anthology as well as a Pushcart Prize.

• “Santa’s a Stud, Agreed?,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, December 17, 2013.

• “Survey Says: You Talk Funny,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, November 5, 2013.

• “Plan B: Got One?,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, October 6, 2013.

• “Human Nature 101: Expect Questions Without Easy Answers,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, September 1, 2013.

• “Anima,” Poecology, Fall 2013.

• “We Can Rebuild Him, Maybe,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, August 4, 2013.

• “Writer Bullshits Himself, Needs Saving,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, July 7, 2013.

• “SAR Talk,” The Common, July 3, 2013.

• “Mapping Your People, Your Place,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, June 19, 2013.

• “Boy Meets Book, Falls in Love,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, June 2, 2013.

• “Capitol-izing: Is Your Town Famous?,” Hothouse: A Place of Inquiry, May 4, 2013.

• “Ground Truthing,” Flycatcher, January 2013.

• “Manly Labor,” Soundings Review, Fall/Winter 2012.

• “The Big Bang,” Poydras Review, Winter 2012.

• “Tough Love,” Stymie: A Journal of Sport, Games, and Literature, November 2012.

• “Sauk Mountain, North Cascades, Washington,” EarthLines, November 2012.

• “Skagit River, Washington,” Orion’s The Place Where You Live, May 21, 2012.

• “A Cure for Cabin Fever,” La Crosse Magazine, March 2011.

• “Soaring with Eagles,” La Crosse Magazine, March 2011.

• “Patience and Pluck,” La Crosse Magazine, January 2011.

• “Walking on White,” La Crosse Magazine, November 2010.

• “Busted Beer Cans and Baby Culture,” High Country News, August 30, 2010. Winner of the “Stories of the Working West” 40th Anniversary Contest.

• “An Encouraging Sky,” La Crosse Magazine, July 2010.

• “Hope,” Skagit Watershed Council 2001 Annual Report, June 2002.

• “Fish Out of Water,” Whatcom Watch, January 1999.

• Volunteer Stream Monitoring Training Manual: Hoosier Riverwatch, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, July 1998.

• “The Geometry of Nature,” Berkshires Week, February 1997.

• “A Place in Time,” Berkshires Week, January 1997.

• “Hunters on the Hunt,” Berkshires Week, November 1996.

• “Buy Back the Dacks Fund,” Wild Earth, Summer 1995.

• Organizing a Cleanup: A River Stewardship Manual, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, January 1995.

• “The Gila: Think Like a River,” Paddler, December 1994.

• “150 Years on the Columbia River,” The Fishwrapper, February 1994.