My essay Return the Mountain was just published in Yale’s Sage Magazine! It was part of an essay contest and was deemed worthy of second place by the Sage staff and a panel of celebrity judges including Bill McKibben, who founded http://www.350.org . He called the piece:
“poignant and powerfully written”
I am honored and humbled by the high praise of the panel and the placement in Sage. The piece is about my return to the mountain I grew up on and how fracking has moved in. Thank you for reading!
~D
New Leaf 
I just finished reading Return to the Mountain. I found that you were able to personalize a contentious issue without sentimentality, yet with your scientific background well in evidence. I fear what will happen to underwater aquifers as the toxins slowly seep upwards.
Hi, Glenda,
Thank you for reading! I share your concern and perhaps what is most difficult to overcome is our lack of understanding of how vulnerable our aquifers are despite reassurances by industry.