![Lisa Schmidt bends down to examine soil conditions during a soil crawl on her ranch in Conrad, Montana July 2021. Ranching Innovations during a Drought in Montana’s Golden Triangle](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1680304653868-XDCWF94LDFM8UIJU6QBG/image-asset.jpeg)
![In 2020, Megan Palko, crew member with the American Conservation Experience Dry Lake Hills Forest Thinning Project, creates piles to be burned at a later date in Coconino National Forest. Full story on forest thinning with High Country News](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1680315321511-8EK03PEXKR00Y9V8PWW0/image-asset.jpeg)
![Farmworkers collect hops in a field outside of Wilder, Idaho October, 2022. Marielena Vega Returns to her Roots to Protect the People Growing Food in Idaho](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1680305974507-Q3IR08XE02L5KJX5R5JB/DJI_0194.jpg)
![National Park Service mules carry out supplies up the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Feb. 9th, 2017](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1509141491279-3UEX0SKTBZFZ1DO78V9Y/Mule_edit.jpg)
![A trail worker dives into Lower Lamarck Lake in the Inyo National Forest, CA after a day of building rock steps for hikers and equestrians.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1531871465131-DQE06FTGGYTJF07WB378/DSC_8912.jpg)
![A backcountry trail crew rests in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Jul. 2019.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1565212462326-9W430RXDUBAKR5DMTH3B/DSC_2183-2.jpg)
![Hikers summit Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina March 14th, 2015. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1518311307190-QLEVYEP7JLKK7GUM0S3D/ariel24012.jpg)
![Volunteers with the American Conservation Experience work on a switchback on Little Bear Trail in the Coconino National Forest, AZ, October 11th, 2016. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1476739749705-9BKR5VBT2YQXC7IXUJE4/Edit.jpg)
![Laura Poulette embraces her son, Issac Deaver, before leaving him at his grandmother's house for homeschooling Berea, KY. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1419985503975-CTQ1LIN7RHWK3E6F8E66/Laura_Poulette-2-1.jpg)
![Ramona Plance, a hobbyist beekeeper, starts up her smoker used to keep the guard bees calm when entering the hive in Franklin, NY June 26th, 2014. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1417205416609-TB7KA4ER0INU3CIFCOPJ/Plance_Environmental_+Final-1-8.jpg)
![The first ever water aerobic class in the New River Gorge National River hosted by the National Park Service, August 7th, 2018.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1534182050674-0IMLQYU2Q4UO3NIXJXWQ/Play.jpg)
![Jim Sickler touches the stump of a tree he has cut down in anticipation of the construction of the Constitution Pipeline which will run through the back of his property in Franklin, NY, November 15th, 2015. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1476739851436-2TZ42RBW8SUS2A8H4QYR/12274528_10207100209437366_8677818155144812512_n.jpg)
![Lisa Schmidt bends down to examine soil conditions during a soil crawl on her ranch in Conrad, Montana July 2021. Ranching Innovations during a Drought in Montana’s Golden Triangle](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1680304653868-XDCWF94LDFM8UIJU6QBG/image-asset.jpeg)
Lisa Schmidt bends down to examine soil conditions during a soil crawl on her ranch in Conrad, Montana July 2021.
Ranching Innovations during a Drought in Montana’s Golden Triangle
![In 2020, Megan Palko, crew member with the American Conservation Experience Dry Lake Hills Forest Thinning Project, creates piles to be burned at a later date in Coconino National Forest. Full story on forest thinning with High Country News](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1680315321511-8EK03PEXKR00Y9V8PWW0/image-asset.jpeg)
In 2020, Megan Palko, crew member with the American Conservation Experience Dry Lake Hills Forest Thinning Project, creates piles to be burned at a later date in Coconino National Forest.
![Farmworkers collect hops in a field outside of Wilder, Idaho October, 2022. Marielena Vega Returns to her Roots to Protect the People Growing Food in Idaho](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1680305974507-Q3IR08XE02L5KJX5R5JB/DJI_0194.jpg)
Farmworkers collect hops in a field outside of Wilder, Idaho October, 2022.
Marielena Vega Returns to her Roots to Protect the People Growing Food in Idaho
![National Park Service mules carry out supplies up the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Feb. 9th, 2017](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1509141491279-3UEX0SKTBZFZ1DO78V9Y/Mule_edit.jpg)
National Park Service mules carry out supplies up the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Feb. 9th, 2017
![A trail worker dives into Lower Lamarck Lake in the Inyo National Forest, CA after a day of building rock steps for hikers and equestrians.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1531871465131-DQE06FTGGYTJF07WB378/DSC_8912.jpg)
A trail worker dives into Lower Lamarck Lake in the Inyo National Forest, CA after a day of building rock steps for hikers and equestrians.
An orphaned joey sleeps in a pillowcase at a rehabilitation center, Queesnsland, Australia Nov. 2018. Pillowcases closely resemble the mothers pouch.
![Volunteers with the American Conservation Experience work on a switchback on Little Bear Trail in the Coconino National Forest, AZ, October 11th, 2016. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1476739749705-9BKR5VBT2YQXC7IXUJE4/Edit.jpg)
Volunteers with the American Conservation Experience work on a switchback on Little Bear Trail in the Coconino National Forest, AZ, October 11th, 2016.
![Laura Poulette embraces her son, Issac Deaver, before leaving him at his grandmother's house for homeschooling Berea, KY. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1419985503975-CTQ1LIN7RHWK3E6F8E66/Laura_Poulette-2-1.jpg)
Laura Poulette embraces her son, Issac Deaver, before leaving him at his grandmother's house for homeschooling Berea, KY.
![Ramona Plance, a hobbyist beekeeper, starts up her smoker used to keep the guard bees calm when entering the hive in Franklin, NY June 26th, 2014. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1417205416609-TB7KA4ER0INU3CIFCOPJ/Plance_Environmental_+Final-1-8.jpg)
Ramona Plance, a hobbyist beekeeper, starts up her smoker used to keep the guard bees calm when entering the hive in Franklin, NY June 26th, 2014.
![The first ever water aerobic class in the New River Gorge National River hosted by the National Park Service, August 7th, 2018.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1534182050674-0IMLQYU2Q4UO3NIXJXWQ/Play.jpg)
The first ever water aerobic class in the New River Gorge National River hosted by the National Park Service, August 7th, 2018.
![Jim Sickler touches the stump of a tree he has cut down in anticipation of the construction of the Constitution Pipeline which will run through the back of his property in Franklin, NY, November 15th, 2015. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5374dafae4b05dd138239509/1476739851436-2TZ42RBW8SUS2A8H4QYR/12274528_10207100209437366_8677818155144812512_n.jpg)
Jim Sickler touches the stump of a tree he has cut down in anticipation of the construction of the Constitution Pipeline which will run through the back of his property in Franklin, NY, November 15th, 2015.