Designing Nature’s Half:
The Blog
News and education about landscape conservation and design.
Beyond Defense
The conservation movement has always won by organizing. But in an era when governments can dismantle protections as quickly as they created them, defense alone is no longer enough. The next chapter of conservation must include building durable, democratic institutions capable of stewarding landscapes across political cycles and generations.
The In-Between Time
The dismantling of the Bears Ears Commission reveals a deeper problem: conservation institutions remain vulnerable to political change. This essay introduces The In-Between Time—the period when people must build the collaborative decision systems and democratic institutions needed to make the 2050 vision of living in harmony with nature achievable.