The face of the desert is changing at a dramatic pace: 750 foot solar towers, miles of solar panels, 400+ foot giant windmills, new cities planned for wildlands, and even a hydro-electric project based in old mine pits.  Where will it stop?  What will be destroyed next? We examine these issues - and more - with the leading writers and filmmaker on these topics.

Desert arts, the Hwy 62 Open Studio Art Tours, Reservation Road Trip with author Roger Naylor, the Best of Ridgecrest this fall, Ramblings from Randsburg, and more.

Lots of great stories in this one!  Berta Caceres and the California Desert, commentary by environmental reporter Chris Clarke; A Monumental Orbit Around Flagstaff, by Roger Naylor; Buckskin Gulch and Wire Pass (Utah), by Death Valley Jim; Calico Tanks Trail (Nevada), by Tom Garrison, and Border Crossing: Los Algodones, Mexico, by Steve Brown.  Plus A to Z Across the Southwest, by Donna McRohan Rosenthal, Ramblings from Randsburg, by Lorraine Blair, and more!

Coverage of the Native FilmFest, Kent Monkman's (Cree) art, the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum's controversial Section 14 exhibit goes to Washington, new national monuments for the Mojave, hiking trips to the Painted Desert (AZ), Buckskin Gulch (UT), Grapevine Canyon (NV), The Stuntman and the Sudafed Sled, Devil's Claw, desert wildflower blooms, and more.

Gifts from the desert, the spirit of desert giving, Save Eagle Mountain, and much more.

Join us for a trip to Ridgecrest in the northern Mojave for their annual Petroglyph Festival, or take off on two of the best art tours out there, go for a journey through Burro Schmidt's tunnel to nowhere, and much more!

The Sun Runner takes you for a road trip through California's beautiful eastern Sierra, from Kramer Junction to Alturas, to escape the desert's summer heat.  Roger Naylor takes you on the Prescott Circle Trail in Arizona, and much more.

The Sun Runner, The Journal of the Real Desert, featuring the conclusion of Diana Lindsay's "South Rides Again," stories by Marshal South from Anza-Borrego, Arizona's beautiful secret, by Roger Naylor, Highlights from Southwest Stories with Steve Brown, and much more.

The Sun Runner's annual Best of the Southwest Issue featuring Lake Havasu City, the Hopi Arts Trail, Marshal South rides again, and much more.

The Sun Runner's first issue of our 21st year in publishing features a major redesign of the magazine.  Features include a Route 66 road trip with author Roger Naylor, Quest of a Shaman, by Nicholas Clapp, 10 Southwest Stops of the real Route 66, by Steve Brown, Section 14 - The Other Palm Springs, and much more, including news on our PBS televisions series, Southwest Stories with Steve Brown and The Real Route 66.  The cover features the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico.

Our annual Desert Arts Issue showcases artists from across the California deserts and Southwest, with news on the Hwy 62 Open Studio Art Tours, the Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival, Spelman Evans Downer's new exhibit at Soka University, Joshua Madalena and the rebirth of Jemez black-on-white pottery, Snake Jagger, and much more.

The dog days of summer are here and it's time to curl up by the swamp cooler with some good ol' desert poetry, fiction, and books from classic desert authors.  Enjoy poetry and photography by Cynthia Anderson and Bill Dahl, Hi (Desert) 'coos by Feryat Newman, poetry by Jay Cravath and Deenaz Coachbuilder, talk with Mary Sojourner, author of "29," tag along on "The Hunt" by Francene Kaplan, and enjoy John Fraim's look at a true desert classic.
There's plenty more - synchronicity galore, including news on the upcoming Synchronicity Matter & Psyche Symposium with material censored by TED, the strange odyssey of a Native American hero, an app for counting birds slaughtered by "green" power projects in the desert, the battle to save Native American geoglyphs near Blythe, and the wild side of chile peppers.
Enjoy the journal of the real desert!

Publisher Steve Brown writes about 10 years of running a desert magazine, while the issue features the passing of Milt Jones, centerfold artist Rik Livingston, poetry by Feryat Newman, test driving a Tesla Model S, Barefoot in Baja: Take Your Mouth South, Summer festivals across the Southwest, the birth of a new national monument in New Mexico, Desert Bighorn Sheep, and much more.

The Sun Runner\'s annual Desert Ecology Issue, featuring Chris Clarke, Pat Flanagan, Hilary Clark & Carlos Gallinger with insights into our desert. Poetry by Feryat Newman, electrical pollution coverage by Dr. Sam Milham, Leonard Knight\'s passing, Lorena Santana in Baja, and a special Route 66 photo section through the Mojave Desert.

It\'s our popular annual Desert Travel Issue, featuring some of our selections of the best of the Southwest.  Plus Chemehuevi re-indigenization, Death Valley National Park\'s ban on sporting events, art from Snake Jagger, and much more!

The Sun Runner hits the road with The Real Desert from PBS to send you on your way to desert adventures! Includes bonus 96 page Desert Road Trips Photo Album!

When the Southwestern US comes into season, the arts blossom across the desert.  We visit with Zozobra, the Santa Fe, New Mexico precursor to Burning Man, Eva Soltes and her film on composer Lou Harrison, artist Bobby Furst, the Hwy 62 Art Tours, Tuhisma Hopi Art, and much more, with lots of links to videos and information.

The 2013 Desert Music Issue brings you stories on everything from the Voodoo Organist to the desert\'s magic amp man - David Bray, Ted Quinn\'s 20 years in the desert, Hurricane David Jesse McChesney, Bobby Nichols\' jammin\' summer sessions, Mario Lalli on the strange births of desert rock, WAXY, The Pedestrians, capturing the \"Lo Desert Sound\" by German filmmaker Joerg Steineck, and bits and pieces from the Joshua Tree Rock n\' Roll Preservation Society.  In addition, we\'ve added a 33-page special photographic section to this issue with photos from The Sun Runner music archives.

The Sun Runner takes a look at the state of the desert and asks the question: \"Are we killing the desert?\"
With industrial scale solar and wind development \"on steroids\" (as former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar put it) destroying desert tortoise habitat, along with wildlife ranging from foxes to raptors and bats, we take a look at another contributor to pollution: dirty electricity generated by these power projects.  We\'ve got Deanne Stillman writing her thoughts on tortoises, Miriam Raftery on when eagles die, and more.
A special section details theatre, TV & film in the desert.

Join The Sun Runner\'s Steve Brown and \"Mr. Route 66\" Jim Conkle for an adventurous road trip through time and the Mojave on America\'s Mother Road - Route 66.  Also: remembering Huell Howser, bobcat trapping, and more.

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The Sun Runner has ceased publication.  Back issues are available here on Magzter.  The Sun Runner was The Journal of the Real Desert - growing to include all of the Southwest.  The Sun Runner was a great guide to desert destinations off the beaten path, as well as to desert issues and culture.
Published since January, 1995, The Sun Runner appealed to desert visitors and locals alike, with insightful features on topics ranging from desert ecology and endangered species, to the best places  to explore when traveling the Southwest.

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