By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor I invite you to enjoy a bit of the real world, nature. Click on the…
https://jonathanturley.org/2022/09/24/weekend-photos-dahlia-ii/
As a lifelong backpacker and hiker, I often use speeches to explore state and federal parks in different states. This…
https://jonathanturley.org/2022/09/11/hiking-in-the-clouds-of-colorado-springs/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor Just a few quick photos to spirit us away from the politics of this past…
https://jonathanturley.org/2022/09/03/weekend-photos-sandy-waves-of-grains/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor Resulting from a bit of self-directed happenstance, I found that the digital camera and botanical…
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/11/20/weekend-photos-botanical-gardens/
We have previously discussed how people often do not consider the real costs of pollution or the loss of rainforest…
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor The time was 18:14 and we took a little trip. A dahlia farm was in…
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/08/28/weekend-photos-salvadors-dahlias/
As many on this blog know, I am a huge advocate for animal rights and environmental protections. Indeed, I was…
In our final travel blog entry from the Gulf Shores, I wanted to discuss our hotel: The Lodge at Gulf…
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/07/17/the-gulf-shores-the-lodge/
I did my customary dawn hike this morning on Billy Goat Trail and it was like walking through a Monet…
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/06/20/fathers-day-with-mother-nature-on-the-billy-goat-trail/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor While traveling on business I thought I would take a short trek up a random…
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/06/12/weekend-photos-random-forest-service-road/
I am admittedly a long advocate for protecting wolf populations as well as other wildlife severely displaced or reduced by…
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor Semi-arid lands do not often come to mind when one envisions beautiful countryside. One attribute…
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/05/09/weekend-photos-just-deserts/
As many on this blog know, I am a lifelong hiker and backpacker. I often do dawn hikes on the…
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/05/06/protesters-deface-billy-goat-trail-with-anti-police-graffiti/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor Because I could I decided to go for a short drive and spend a couple…
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/03/27/weekend-photos-concordant-or-discordant-coastline-you-decide/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor Having decided to go on a long road trip, I came across the remnants of…
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/11/14/weekend-photos-the-fire-and-the-resurrection/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor California Governor Gavin Newsom last Wednesday issued Executive Order N-79-20 establishing a state goal that…
This morning President Donald Trump just told Fox & Friends that he should go down as the “greatest environmental president”…
This week saw the unwelcomed return of dentist Walter Palmer, 60, to international media coverage. Palmer was widely denounced over his shooting…
I have often criticized the Trump Administration for its environmental policies from blocking climate control measures to rolling back on…
Much of the discussion yesterday focused on the historic ruling in favor of workplace protections for LGBT workers. Lost in…
I have often criticized the Trump Administration for its environmental policies from blocking climate control measures to rolling back on…
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor Having seen the weather outside to be both glorious and inviting, I suddenly realized it…
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/05/30/weekend-photos-fond-of-the-lake/
I had to share this video from Italy. As many of on the blog know, my primary recreation is backpacking…
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/05/25/video-captures-frightening-encounter-with-bear-in-wild/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor Once again I needed to “make essential travel to facilitate commerce related to critical infrastructure.”…
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/05/23/weekend-photos-todays-column-the-basalt-of-the-earth/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor Though the state ordered us to Stay at Home and cower, it was of great…
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/05/09/weekend-photos-the-tide-is-low-but-im-holding-on/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor There is nothing quite like getting out, or in this case thumbnailing through a few…
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/03/29/a-few-pictures-of-boats/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor The restrictions enforced against Washingtonians are approaching absurdity. Somehow Washington State believes that fishing alone…
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor A couple years ago we were driving up the coast and a chance glance to…
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/03/07/saturday-photos-a-great-northern-railroad-f7/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor It’s the weekend and time to return to the sticks, with of course the requisite…
I usually do not comment on Hollywood stars and their disconnected reality. However, since I first thought this was a…
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/01/08/joaquin-phoenix-to-save-planet-one-tuxedo-at-a-time/
We often discuss how pollution is often discussed without addressing studies showing hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year…
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/01/06/study-air-pollution-causes-loss-in-bone-density/
We have discussed disgraceful attacks or abuse of wild animals from birds to squirrels to tortoises to rabbits to sharks…
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor While on another drive through the woods, I could not help but notice the affinity…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/12/28/when-moss-takes-a-lichen-to-trees/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor In response to this week’s unnecessary contentions on a personal and national scale I thought…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/12/07/a-few-pictures-of-the-coast-2/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor We went for a short drive and found a few images worth sharing. People should…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/11/24/a-few-pictures-of-the-coast/
Yesterday hiking in Nevada and California took me from the sweet to the bittersweet. The Sagehen trail can only be…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/10/27/sweet-to-bittersweet-hiking-sagehen-and-donner-summit-trails/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor My wife and I went for a drive and happened along an abandoned nuclear power…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/10/27/from-atoms-to-mothballs-photos-of-an-abandoned-nuke-plant/
I am in California to speak among the judges and attorneys of the Eastern District in Lake Tahoe on Sunday. As…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/10/26/the-beauty-of-mount-rose/
Good news for kids around the world! Researchers at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands have determined that it…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/10/19/report-no-spinach-on-mars/
I started Sunday with a dawn hike at Billygoat trail. I then went on a hike with visiting family (and…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/10/13/sunday-hikes-from-billygoat-to-scotts-run/
Elephants are remarkably intelligent and communal animals. They often exhibit the same attachments as humans to members of their herd.…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/10/07/hells-abyss-five-adult-elephants-die-in-effort-to-save-calf/
By Darren Smith, Weekend Contributor We as a rather insular species often forget that nature tends to get along well…
The problem with blood hoses is that they are inclined to human-error hemorrhaging. Protesters in London planned to use an…
As many of you know, I am no fan of such trophy hunts. I often hike in remote spots to…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/09/30/english-hunters-post-pictures-celebrating-dead-trophy-zebras/
I took my customary dawn hike on the Billy Goat trail this morning and the trees are just showing the…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/09/22/dawn-on-the-billy-goat-3/
Some of us go to great lengths to see Grizzly bears in the wild. Devin Mitsuing, 35, appears to look…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/09/17/canadian-man-convicted-for-trying-to-box-with-grizzly-bear/
We have previously discussed cruel abuse of wild animals by people who then post their twisted achievements on the Internet.…
I previously warned the nation of the invasion of airborne Canadian wolves. Now, it appears that our Northern neighbor is…
This morning I took my customary dawn hike on Billy Goat trail. It was nice and cool and empty as…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/09/08/dawn-on-billy-goat-trail-6/
At dawn, I took my customary hike on Billy Goat Trail with the rising sun. It was lovely with the…
https://jonathanturley.org/2019/09/01/dawn-on-billy-goat-trail-5/