Chip Ward

Chip Ward is a former grassroots organizer/activist who has led several successful campaigns to hold polluters accountable. He described his political adventures in Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West and Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land. Today he works to protect the spectacular redrock wildlands of Utah.

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This Isn’t the First Time Cowboys Have Tried to Plunder 640 Million Acres of Public Land This Isn’t the First Time Cowboys Have Tried to Plunder 640 Million Acres of Public Land

In Utah and the Dakotas, history repeats itself as Native Americans fight to protect their lives—and ours.

Sep 20, 2016 / Chip Ward

How One Unlikely Rodent Is Saving the American West—and Perhaps the Planet

How One Unlikely Rodent Is Saving the American West—and Perhaps the Planet How One Unlikely Rodent Is Saving the American West—and Perhaps the Planet

If we want to construct a healthy and resilient world for ourselves and our fellow creatures, we could learn a thing or two from the beaver—who’s already doing just tha...

Jul 29, 2014 / Chip Ward

Trek West for the Big Picture

Trek West for the Big Picture Trek West for the Big Picture

Saving the land one footfall at a time.

Jun 24, 2013 / Chip Ward

An Apology to the Next Generation for the Turmoil to Come An Apology to the Next Generation for the Turmoil to Come

What kind of damaged world is being left to our descendents?

Mar 27, 2012 / Chip Ward

Occupy Earth: Environmentalism in Zuccotti Park

Occupy Earth: Environmentalism in Zuccotti Park Occupy Earth: Environmentalism in Zuccotti Park

It’s not hard to understand how environmental quality and economic inequality came to be joined at the hip.

Oct 27, 2011 / Chip Ward

The American West in Flames

The American West in Flames The American West in Flames

These past few years, mega-fires in the West have become ever more routine.

Jun 16, 2011 / Chip Ward

Nuclear Power Loses Its Alibi Nuclear Power Loses Its Alibi

When nuclear reactors blow, the first thing that melts down is the truth.

Mar 24, 2011 / Chip Ward

The Big Bad Wolf Makes Good The Big Bad Wolf Makes Good

The Yellowstone success story and those who want to kill it.

Sep 28, 2010 / Chip Ward

We Need a Department of Homegrown Security We Need a Department of Homegrown Security

Drop the scary Bush lingo and start creating resilient communities than can effectively recover from disaster in this age of financial and climate chaos.

Feb 26, 2009 / Feature / Chip Ward

Left Behind: Bush’s Holy War on Nature Left Behind: Bush’s Holy War on Nature

Americans care about the environment, but the Bush Administration clearly doesn't. Blame it on Republican ideology and the apocalyptic religious sensibilities of his political base...

Sep 16, 2005 / Feature / Chip Ward

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