Forgotten Lands Project

Dispatch #37 - The Trona Pinnacles

Remembering the life altering trip with my kids that started this whole obsession with BLM lands. And, of course, the Tufas.

Jan 18 • Josh Jackson

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December 2025

Dispatch #36 - A few of my Favorite Things from 2025 (or) Stuff That Sparked Joy

Plus a power outage on Christmas eve.

Dec 28, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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Dispatch #35 - Whitney Pocket

Notes on David Foster Wallace's "build up some machinery" + stories + happy holidays.

Dec 21, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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Dispatch #34 - Gold Butte National Monument, Nevada

Award nominations, plus teaser images from a spectacular landscape.

Dec 14, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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November 2025

Dispatch #33 - A Rock Called Snaggletooth

Searching for the desert tortoise and what Thomas Berry calls a "sense of the sacred."

Nov 30, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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Dispatch #32 - McCain Valley Resource Conservation Area

In-Ko-Pah mountains, mythical Old Highway 80, and a sunrise timelapse from one of my favorite campgrounds.

Nov 23, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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Dispatch #31 - Cadiz Dunes Wilderness

Thank heaven, it's desert season in the southwest. Plus stories: Getting buried in sand, tow trucks, and a Swiss bicyclist

Nov 16, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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Dispatch #30 - King Range National Conservation Area - Part 3

Maps, motion, and the memory of arrival.

Nov 2, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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October 2025

Dispatch #29 - King Range National Conservation Area - Part 2

Mossy firs, mystery man John McAbery, Punta Gorda Lighthouse, and a short story about a skunk.

Oct 26, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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Dispatch #28 - King Range National Conservation Area - Part 1

Lost Coast dreaming…is this the holy grail of BLM lands? Plus, love notes from San Francisco.

Oct 19, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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Dispatch #27 - Mount Irish Petroglyph Site, Nevada

The News Is Not Good + I SCARED A COW and the COW SCARED ME

Oct 12, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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September 2025

Dispatch #26 - A Short Film from Nevada's BLM Lands

A quiet passage through the sagebrush, rivers, mountains, and wildflowers of Nevada.

Sep 28, 2025 • Josh Jackson

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