How a Changing Climate Is Erasing the Southernmost Ski Area in North America “Skiing began early in November this year,” reported The New York Times in 1961, describing a surprising winter scene—skiers carving turns on snowy slopes just 40 miles...
Photos by Summer Doss My love affair with the Dolores River began in 2019. It was my first season as a river guide and I had just finished derigging a trip when another guide told me, “The Dolores is running and I know you’re free this week. Let’s go.” We...
Every August for the last 15 years, Creative Alliance member Jill Pelto has joined her father, Dr. Mauri Pelto (a POW Science Alliance member), on a backpacking trip to the North Cascades. This is not only an adventurous father-daughter trip in the PNW, but an...
Photos by Ming Poon For POW Creative Alliance member Brennan Lagasse, protecting the Arctic is about more than just safeguarding the landscape from fossil fuel development and drilling. It’s about preserving the culture and way of life of its human inhabitants....
As an immigrant from Colombia, POW Athlete Alliance member Vanessa Chavarriaga Posada felt like she grew up existing between two worlds. She was split between two cultures and two languages all while carrying the heavy weight of feeling as if she didn’t belong in a...
