Ian Madin (he/him) grew up spending summers backpacking in California’s Sierra Nevada, and in later years rafting and kayaking rivers in California, Oregon and Idaho. His love of the outdoors led him to study geology, earning a BA from UC Berkeley in 1980. Ian...
Barry Baker (he/him) is a forensic biologist and the Deputy Director of the U.S. National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon. As a scientist, he supervises an interdisciplinary team of biologists and forensic experts in combating international...
Kirstyn Wright (she/her) is an artist working with the land, animals, and other people in rural areas to investigate how society creates value systems based on an entity’s productivity. Her interests and interrogations deal with the lore surrounding The American...
Jessica Reisch is a new media artist, designer, and educator with an MFA in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts and a BA in Education Studies from Brown University. Her interdisciplinary practice draws on networked connections between art, technology, and the...
Adie Steckel (they/she) lives in Portland, Oregon where they are an editor of the small press Fonograf Editions and work for an HIV/AIDS & LGBTQ+ health and social services organization. Their writing appears in Action Spectacle, A Dozen Nothing, Afternoon...
Maria Pinto (she/her) is a Boston-area writer and educator. She teaches creative writing through various community organizations and fosters outdoor literacy as a board member at Hale Education. Her work has appeared in Orion Magazine, Necessary Fiction, and Frigg,...
