If It's Priceless, Does it Count? - Are public land managers finally going to understand that the real value of public lands are the priceless attributes of beauty, meaning, and the ability to find solitude in nature? Orion Magazine, Fall 2004

Roadless Reflections - The debate over roadless lands continues despite the American public being firmly behind protecting these last vestiges of our natural heritage. Duke University Environmental Law & Policy Review. Summer 2004

Profiteering on Public Lands - Plundering our national treasure chest of natural resources on public lands is encouraged and supported by some administrations. How do we put a stop to it? Headwaters News, February 2003

Forest Planning Ambush - Unnoticed by most, the Bush aministration quietly changed the rules on national forest plans - and took away your right to affect change. Defenders Magazine, Defenders of Wildlife, Fall 2002

Did We Miss Something? - This guest column about energy and local control appeared in The Denver Post and a number of Montana newspapers.September 2001

The Roadless Initiative Debate - An in-depth exploration of the issues surrounding roadess public lands. Goat Tracks: Journal of the Working Goat Magazine and elsewhere. Fall 2000

Towards a Civil Discourse: The Need in Public Land Management - After some harrowing experiences in her Forest Service career, Gloria Flora examines the hidden but critical stumbling block in public lands debates: civility. Public Land and Resources Law Review , Vol. 21, 2000. and abridged in Changing Landscapes , Vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 2000 (journal of the O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West)