My husband Jack Cramer filmed, directed, and edited this trailer to help me explain what my book is about....

Gila Cliff Dwelling NM is an interesting foil to Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks. It was established as the eighth national monument by Theodore Roosevelt in 1907, only a year after the Antiquities Act became law. Following his interpretation of the Act’s...

Outside Las Cruces, New Mexico, my mom and I went on a walk in the Organ Mountains—named because of the resemblance of the granite needles to the gleaming pipes of an organ.  We walked toward this jagged skyline under ethereal...

We were skiing into Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument against the better judgement of the woman in charge of hut reservations. We were aiming to spend a night at Big Springs Hut, which is normally accessed by a five...

Last Tuesday I woke up, made coffee, and sat on my couch scrolling through Google alerts about national monuments. One article I pulled up mentioned that public meetings were being held for the management plan of the new Grand Staircase-Escalante...