The colorful, textured “brain rock” of White Pocket, in the Vermilion Cliffs, is one of many geological wonders on the Colorado Plateau. By Claire Curran
Our Land of Colorful Rocks
THIS IS A LOVE STORY OF SORTS. Not a love story among people — although readers of this magazine will be familiar with most of the subjects involved, and perhaps even in “love” with a few of them. No…
Flowering yuccas catch the last light of the day beneath the sandstone buttes of the Navajo Nation, which makes up much of Arizona’s northeast corner. Covering more than 27,000 square miles in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, the Navajo Nation is the largest tribal land in the United States. By Bernhard Michaelis
Our Photographers Really Click
Wildflowers bloom around a fallen aspen along the Kachina Trail, part of the Flagstaff area’s Kachina Peaks Wilderness, in afternoon light. Starting from its trailhead…
Evergreens surround one of the Kaibab Plateau’s many expansive meadows as monsoon clouds gather in the sky. Such meadows are ideal for spotting the plateau’s wildlife, which includes mule deer, pronghorns and a non-native herd of bison. By Shane McDermott
The Green Roof of the Kaibab
Editor’s Note: The celebration of our 100th anniversary continues with another wonderful piece from another wonderful writer. This month, it’s Joyce Rockwood. At the time of her debut in 1939, Ms.…
Photographer with tripod standing on rock cliff looking toward sunset.
Best Picture 2025
GRAND PRIZE WINNER Tam Ryan It’s rare that a wildlife photo takes the top prize in our contest, but this image, of a great blue heron taking flight at the Riparian…
Immediately surrounded by green vegetation, Tassi Ranch sits on a rugged and remote stretch of northwest Arizona. By John Burhcam
Tassi Ranch and Pakoon Springs
Since 2000, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument has protected a vast, diverse landscape on the Canyon’s North Rim — and almost no one has seen it. That’s to be expected, given that parts of the…
The edge of a building appears in the left of an image that is dominated by the Grand Canyon under an evening sky.
Aid for the Grand Canyon
A devastating wildfire continues to burn across the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, threatening one of the most iconic and beloved landscapes in the world. As firefighters work around the…
A Hasidic rabbi watches as workers harvest wheat on a farm outside Yuma. The wheat must meet a series of strict qualifications to be certified kosher. | Joshua Lott
Going With the Grain
Rabbi Isaac Lowi is anxious. First, he wants to know when Tim Dunn is going to visit him in New York. “You’re welcome here anytime,” Lowi says. “You come. Welcome. Like family.” Second, he wants to…
The evergreens of Eastern Arizona’s Blue Range Primitive Area frame a view of New Mexico’s Blue Range Wilderness to the east. While New Mexico’s portion of the Blue Range has received wilderness protection, Arizona’s remains a primitive area — the last such area in the U.S. | JACK DYKINGA
Blue
LONG AGO AND OFTEN I DREAMED THE BLUE. Before I walked into and through parts of it, I awoke from it — sleep-drunk on the memory of being lost and found in woods thick and wild. Then, one October…