This Contested Land: The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America’s National Monuments by McKenzie Long This land is your land. When it comes to national monuments, the sentiment could hardly be more fraught. Gold Butte in Nevada, Organ Mountains–Desert...
Year
2022
Two years ago, I embarked on a journey of visiting and researching national monuments. National monuments are like the scrappy younger siblings of national parks. With a well-established management philosophy and emphasis on tourism, national parks are sleek, alluring, and...
Year
2020
I was honored to be accepted as a resident at Hypatia-in-the-Woods in Shelton, Washington from December 2-15, 2018. This place offers time and quiet workspace for women writers, artists, musicians, and entrepreneurs of all types and styles. I spent two weeks...
Year
2019
In summer 2018 I was honored to win Nowhere Magazine’s “This Land is…” writing contest. This contest was the travel magazine’s first for writing specifically about public lands, which is what interests me most. Read the full piece here. Chardonnay,...
Year
2018
Voices of Bears Ears appeared in the print version of Alpinist Magazine, issue 60 in winter 2017. This essay illustrates different opinions and perspectives about Bears Ears National Monument’s creation and the ensuing debate and presidential review. You can read the essay...
Year
2018
Bishop Bouldering Select by Airlie Anderson and McKenzie Long Bishop Bouldering Select is your essential guide to one of the most unique bouldering areas in the world. It’s certainly one of the most famous, with plenty of high quality problems from beginner-friendly...
Client name
Wolverine PublishingYear
2018
High Sierra Climbing, Second Edition by Chris McNamara and McKenzie Long The Sierra Nevada is a vast mountain range composed of soaring granite peaks and is the tallest range in the contiguous United States. With extensive canyons, drainages, glaciers, lakes,...
Client name
SupertopoYear
2018
I have written several branded articles for Climbing Business Journal, a website devoted to news and advice for the indoor climbing industry. These stories, though paid for by sponsors, involve interviews, research, and creating an interesting angle for the story....
Year
2018
I wrote gear reviews for  OudoorGearLab.com from 2010-2016, the last four of those years also working as a managing editor. As a managing editor, I hired reviewers, selected products to review,  prioritized and managed projects, copy-edited content with special attention to...
Year
2018
A journal entry from April 2014 when I learned that I won the American Alpine Club’s Live Your Dream Grant: “This morning I am enjoying my coffee barefoot. I am reclined in a secondhand papazan chair and the rising sun...