North America's Rivers are choked by hundreds of small dams, often relics that serve no purpose. This story profiles why these dams remain, an and the people fighting to free our rivers. Chances are there's a small dam like these near you.

I write a regular column for Rapid Media that covers paddlesports, river and ocean conservation, and the outdoor industry.

Alaska is notoriously hard to get to, let alone to conduct widlands ecology. Follow the journey of four intrepid kayaker-ecologists in a remote corner of Alaska...and what it means for wilderness, science, and us.

For several years I was a regular columnist for The Clymb, a Portland-based outdoor retailer. Writings on conservation, how we experience the outdoors, and people who have worked hard and long to protect wild places

A series of trip narratives, history, and photos of the Lower Columbia River Water Trail, coursing from Bonneville Dam 144 miles to the Pacific Ocean, tracing the history of the river from before Lewis and Clark to the current day, along with paddling guidance