Jason Mark

Jason Mark is the editor of Sierra and the author of Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man. He is writing a book about shifting baseline syndrome and the antidotes to environmental amnesia to be published by W.W. Norton. Find him on Bluesky: @jasondovemark.bsky.social.

Letter From Puerto Rico

A reporter’s notebook on an unnatural disaster

By Jason Mark November 20, 2017

In this story: climate change

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Our National Parks Might Become a Gated Community

Secretary Zinke’s proposal to increase entry fees could make parks an exclusive playground

By Jason Mark October 26, 2017

In this story: national parks

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The Garden, Reconsidered

The garden is no exemplar of how to create a right relationship with life on Earth

By Jason Mark October 21, 2017

In this story: agriculture, wilderness

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In Review: Douglas Wood's "Deep Woods, Wild Waters"

A writer recalls a life of North Woods adventures

By Jason Mark October 14, 2017

In this story: books

Deep Woods, Wild Waters

This Ugandan Woman Is Preparing Her Community for Climate Change

Constance Okollet exemplifies the Sierra Club's ideal of citizen advocacy

By Jason Mark October 12, 2017

In this story: climate change

Constance Okollet has led climate change education and mitigation campaigns via the Osukuru United Women Network in Uganda.

Heard This One? GOP Pushing for Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge

Congress tries to use budget process to drill in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Jason Mark October 6, 2017

In this story: oil, saving wild places

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Oil Drilling—Coming to a National Park or Monument Near You?

Former NPS officials and conservation groups mobilize to head off new leases

By Jason Mark September 19, 2017

In this story: national parks, monuments, oil

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Zinke Recommends Shrinking at Least Six National Monuments

Others could see management rules loosened, according to leaked documents

By Jason Mark September 18, 2017

In this story: monuments, public lands

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O Mother, Where Art Thou?

Darren Aronofsky’s “Mother!” offers a bleak fable about the fate of Earth

By Jason Mark September 15, 2017

In this story: film

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Interior Secretary Zinke Says He Will Shrink Some National Monuments

Zinke confirms some monuments will suffer “boundary adjustments”

By Jason Mark August 24, 2017

In this story: monuments, politics

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