Wagon Mound, NM
Campo, CO
Near Wallace, KS
Blanca, CO
Tijeras, CO
Weston, CO
Cordova Plaza, CO
Trinidad, CO
Tyrone, CO
Tyrone, CO
Campo, CO
Timpas, CO
Tijeras, CO
Bent County, CO
Near Texline, TX
Monument, KS
Winona, KS
Winona, KS
Collyer, KS
Monument, KS
Cattle shelter, Rt. 94 near Punkin Center, CO
Yucca flower stalk in prairie remnant, near Wallace, KS
Firstview, CO
Model, CO
Near Arapaho, CO
Wind turbines near Arapaho, CO
Grain elevators, Cheyenne Wells, CO
Near Sharon Wells, KS
Great Plains Vernacular
Known Food
Rio Lado; near Dolores, CO
Rio Lado; near Dolores, CO
Aspen and cabin on Rio Lado; near Dolores, CO
Rio Lado; near Dolores, CO
Rio Lado; near Dolores, CO
Rio Lado; near Dolores, CO
Rio Lado; near Dolores, CO
Rio Lado; near Dolores, CO
Rio Lado; near Dolores, CO
Hillside near Bear Creek, upper Dolores River canyon
Haycamp Mesa, CO
Aspen forest, Mavreeso Mesa; Dolores, CO
Aspen forest, Mavreeso Mesa; Dolores, CO
Aspen forest with spruce/fir encroachment, Orphan Butte; Rico, CO
Mature aspen forest, Hillside Drive; Dolores, CO
Aspen showing damage from fall and from wildlife, Orphan Butte; Rico, CO
Transitional aspen forest, Orphan Butte; Rico, CO
Goble Creek, Mavreeso Mesa; Dolores, CO
Small aspen logs, Burnt Ridge; Mancos, CO
Aspen coppice clear cut with Hesperus Mountain, Burnt Ridge; Mancos, CO
Goble Creek, Mavreeso Mesa; Dolores, CO
Goble Creek, Mavreeso Mesa; Dolores, CO
Goble Creek, Mavreeso Mesa; Dolores, CO
Goble Creek, Mavreeso Mesa; Dolores, CO
Aspen trunks in avalanche path, Cunningham Gulch; Silverton, CO
Aspen trees laid down in avalanche path, Boulder Gulch; Silverton, CO
Montelores, CO
Leaves, Cunningham Gulch; Silverton, CO
Leaves in rain, Silverton, CO
Hermosa Park, CO
Blowdown; Vance Junction, CO
Matterhorn, CO
Leaves, Cunningham Gulch; Silverton, CO
Dunton, CO
Bear Creek Trail; near Stoner, CO
Aspen Tree
Tincup Basin; Dolores River, CO
Humboldt Redwoods State Park, CA
Humboldt Redwoods State Park, CA
Humboldt Redwoods State Park, CA
Humboldt Redwoods State Park, CA
Redwood foliage; Jedediah Smith Redwoods, Crescent City, CA
Redwood bark, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, CA
Redwood bark, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, CA
Siletz River, Oregon
Siletz River, Oregon
Madrone and maple trees; Mendocino County, CA
Brush Creek, WV
Brush Creek, WV
Old growth stumps in clear cut; Siletz River, Oregon
Second growth stumps on old growth stump; Siletz River, Oregon
Second growth stumps on old growth stump; Siletz River, Oregon
Second growth stump on old growth stump; Siletz River, Oregon
Massive redwood seen through forest; Jedediah Smith Redwoods, Crescent City, CA
New growth at base of redwood tree; Jedediah Smith Redwoods, Crescent City, CA
Humboldt Redwoods State Park, CA
Elk River, Oregon
Clear cut near Summit, Oregon
Forests
2018 Family Reunion
Going up Rio Negro from Manaus, Brazil
Esteban looking for otters, downriver from Barcelos, Brazil
Quequen, Argentina
La Trochita tracks east of El Maiten, Argentina
La Trochita tracks west of El Maiten, Argentina
La Trochita tracks; Nahuel Pan, Argentina
Dinosaur museum; Trelew, Argentina
Norquinco, Argentina
Norquinco, Argentina
Norquinco, Argentina
Peninsula Valdes, Argentina
Meat section; Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Polveredas, Argentina
Near Uspallata, Argentina
Amazon/Patagonia
Baker Creek; Never Summer Range, CO
Snow and lake, Little Giant Basin; Silverton, CO
View from Engineer Pass, CO
Continental divide, Baker Pass; Never Summer Range, CO
Fungi in Snowmelt; Never Summer Range, CO
Big Giant mine; Silverton, CO
Big Giant mine; Silverton, CO
Little Giant basin; Silverton, CO
View from Engineer Pass, CO
Summer storm over the Wilson Group; San Juan Mountains, CO
Burns Gulch, near Silverton, CO
Transmission line, storm; Weston Pass, CO
Dolores River near Stoner, CO
Snowstorm; Leadville, CO
Creek and trail; Deer Park near Silverton, CO
Deer Park; Silverton, CO
Old Hundred boarding house, Silverton, CO
Anvil Mountain; Silverton, CO
Alpine lake; Hurricane Pass, CO
Dunton, CO
Mountain Dreams
Rice Grass, Sand Canyon; Cortez, CO
Johns Canyon, Utah
Canyon wall plants; Mule Canyon, Utah
San Juan River; Goosenecks State Park, Utah
Dripping Spring Canyon, UT
Ephedra; Mule Canyon, Utah
Moqui Canyon, Utah
Flowering ephedra (Mormon Tea); Road Canyon, UT
Grand Gulch, UT
Comb Wash, Utah
Sunset clouds; Muley Point, Utah
Sunset cloud; Muley Point, Utah
Muley Point, Utah
Monument Valley, UT
Comb Wash, Utah
Grand Gulch, UT
Desert Life
Dryland farmer Mike Coffey checks the planting depth of hard red winter wheat that he hopes will germinate this fall, if the rains come.
Dryland farmer Mike Coffey checks the planting depth of hard red winter wheat that he hopes will germinate this fall, if the rains come.
Mike Coffey eases out of his 1964 Chevy grain truck. "We don't have anything new," he says, smiling. "The way things are going, I don't know if we ever will."
Mike Coffey transfers hard red winter wheat from a truck to his 30-ft grain drill. He is counting on fall rains to germinate and sustain the young wheat which will overwinter and provide next year's crop.
Mike Coffey drills hard red winter wheat in advance of hoped-for fall rains.
Harley Gardner and Melinda Greer sort broken beans and bits of foreign material to determine the grade of a load of pintos brought in by farmer Jay Allen.
Kurt Barnett, warehouse manager at Adobe Milling, guides farmer Jay Allen in raising his dump bed as irrigated pinto beans pour into the elevator pit.
Freshly harvested pinto beans take a ride up the elevator at Adobe Milling in Dove Creek, CO. Irrigated beans are the only bean crop from 2018.
Mike Coffey confers with his son, Nick, after adjusting the planting depth on their 30-foot grain drill.
Rancher and farmer Matt Forst points out details of herd genetics as his cattle graze irrigated land planted to oats. Despite irrigation, Forst will be reducing his herd this winter, selling cattle he and his wife's family have developed over generations.
Rancher and farmer Matt Forst contemplating his cattle as they graze irrigated oats south of Dove Creek, CO.
Fidel Lopez takes a break from managing the flow of wheat and beans through the labyrinthine systems of High Country Milling in Dove Creek, CO. Lopez has worked grain elevators in the area since the 1970s.
Fidel Lopez unrolls a tarp to cover a load of cleaned seed wheat at High Country Milling in Dove Creek, CO.
Nick Jones, 23, takes advantage of downtime to replace tie rod ends on Eric Guynes' 1982 John Deere 4440. "It didn't steer too good," says Jones with a grin. Guynes was waiting on fall moisture before making decisions about planting winter wheat.
Nick Jones, 23, takes advantage of downtime to replace tie rod ends on Eric Guynes' 1982 John Deere 4440. "It didn't steer too good," says Jones with a grin. Guynes was waiting on fall moisture before making decisions about planting winter wheat.
Wheat elevator; Dove Creek, CO
Vast tracts of dryland farm fields lie fallow, awaiting sufficient fall moisture to plant next year's winter wheat crop.
Vast tracts of dryland farm fields lie fallow, awaiting sufficient fall moisture to plant next year's winter wheat crop.
Bean field destroyed by drought and wheat elevator; Dove Creek, CO.
Grant Coffey examines Hopi blue corn from a test plot in his father's wheat field. The dryland corn was planted in the traditional Hopi way as part of the Pueblo Farming Project, which is a research collaboration between Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and Hopi farmers.
Young hard red winter wheat emerges from one of Mike Coffey's fields, helped along by a string of early October rains.
Wade Retherford adjusts a counterweight on the bean bagging machine at Midland Bean Company as Cole Raney runs a bag through the stitcher.
Rod Tanner, owner of Midland Bean Company; Dove Creek, CO.
A pair of 20# bean bags is set aside at the Midland Bean Company warehouse in Dove Creek, CO.
Andrea Holley in her store, Main Supply, which opened its doors in May 2018. She and her husband are dryland farmers, and in addition, she mows lawns and fixes chainsaws. The drought hurt business right out of the gate, but Holley is optimistic. "You just hang on and keep saying maybe next year is going to be better."
Farmer Steve Garchar jokes with Bruce Riddell, manager of High Country Elevators in Dove Creek. In his hand Garchar holds a receipt for a truckload of winter wheat, which he will begin planting that evening. Garchar is a third generation dryland farmer - his grandparents homesteaded near Dove Creek in 1921.
2018 Dryland Drought
Early morning at Chama
Crew member empties bagged sand into a locomotive sand dome
Steam engines at night, Chama
Engine 487 undergoes restoration in the Chama shops
Shop crew work on 488's generator early on a Sunday morning in Chama
Shop crew working on generator
Tommy Garcia climbs down from 488 after working on the generator
Worn cab of engine 488
Engine 484 heading out to the water tank
Doubleheader leaving Chama
Coming out of the Narrows
Doubleheader climbing through Dalton
Doubleheader above second crossing
Climbing mountainside below Cumbres Pass
Investigating a faulty headlight
Taking water at Cumbres
Blowing out ash pan
Engine 463 comes into the yard at Chama with the day's passenger train
Running grease gun on steam pressure
Feeding grease sticks into grease gun
Greasing locomotive fittings
Goose 5 climbs Cumbres Pass
RGS #5 descends Cumbres Pass
Crossing the Chama River aboard Goose 5
Stop command
Turning at Cumbres
GGHS crew members chat after a long day of operations
Chama Weekend
Pistol River Beach, Oregon
Pistol River Beach, Oregon
House; Mendocino, CA
Leadville, CO
Rio Grande mainline near Granite, CO
Near Capitol Reef, UT
Dunton, CO
Dunton, CO
Popham Beach, Maine
Porcupine River; Old Crow, YT
Evening light, Porcupine River; Old Crow, YT
Manaus, Brazil
Quequen, Argentina
Abandoned grain elevator; First View, CO
Signal wires; Salida, CO
US Rt. 60 between Gauley Bridge and Ansted, WV
Babcock State Park, WV
Evening in Thurmond, WV
Roanoke, VA
Salem, VA
Amtrak Southwest Chief climbing Glorieta Pass near Ribera, NM.
From the train window, Kansas
Barns; Springfield, VT
Travel Sequence
Checking out the inventory at Excelsior Food Hub in Avondale, CO
Sheldon Rockey, co-owner of Whiterock Specialties in Mosca, CO.
Antonio Garcia, farmer and owner of Tierra Sana farm; Alamosa, CO
Young Berkshire hogs at Salazar Meats; Manassa, CO
Lucas Salazar, owner of Salazar Meats; Manassa, CO
Jenny Knoblauch, owner of Laz Ewe 2 Bar Goat Dairy, communes with her three yaks; Del Norte, CO
Jenny Knoblauch, owner of Laz Ewe 2 Bar Goat Dairy, with some cow's milk wheels; Del Norte, CO
Doug Wiley shows off his worm-rich soils in a pasture planted to grass and alfalfa; Avondale, CO
Farmer Doug Wiley on his diverse family farm in Avondale, CO. Wiley raises vegetables and livestock organically, and manages a raw milk dairy.
Farmer Doug Wiley on his diverse family farm in Avondale, CO. Wiley raises vegetables and livestock organically, and manages a raw milk dairy.
Farmer Doug Wiley on his diverse family farm in Avondale, CO. Wiley raises vegetables and livestock organically, and manages a raw milk dairy.
San Luis Valley potato farmer Rob Jones tackles a broken set of belt sprockets on a potato piler machine. Jones has a passion for soil health, and farms only about a quarter of his acres at any given time - three quarters are in soil-building rotations.
Elena Miller -Ter Kuile raises sheep for wool and meat on land that has been in her family for six generations; Capulin, CO.
Garrick Parsons cleans a fresh 'hand' of turmeric at his greenhouse in Alamosa, CO.
Sprouted milo makes up a portion of hogs' diet at Mitch Buhr's Bountiful Ventures farm in Romeo, CO.
Mitch Buhr of Bountiful Ventures farm in Romeo, CO, with his children's ponies.
Food Hub Shoot