Carmen Kohlruss

Contributor, Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ magazine

is a writer who lives near Yosemite in California, her favorite place, and is into storytelling that connects people and initiates exploration. Her many journalism awards include a Best of the West.

Articles by Carmen Kohlruss

Elderly man with black and blue checkered shirt scans a landscape of dead tress with his binoculars. There are snow capped peaks in the background.
Meet the 88-Year-Old ‘Unlikely Birder’ On a Quest to Link Two Famed National Parks
September 18, 2023 — A youthful spirit has powered Lowell Young’s decades of advocacy on behalf of birds and habitats, including his contributions to a campaign to create the proposed Range of Light National Monument.
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