Natalie Cherot, PhD, is a sociologist and journalist based in California. She has written for Earth Island Journal, Latterly, Longform, Mission & State, the Santa Barbara Independent, and Qualitative Inquiry. Kit Stolz has been writing about climate, science, sustainability, the wild, health, and cultural issues for nearly twenty years, for publications including the Los Angeles Times, LongReads, High Country News, Sierra, Grist, and the Georgia Review. He lives in Santa Paula, California.