rockybarker.com is the virtual manifestation of Rocky Barker
author of Scorched
Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America. The Washington
Post says Scorched Earth, "conveys a powerful lesson about how
Americans have sought to manage the "cataclysmic forces" of forest
fires." The
story has inspired a television movie, Firestorm:
Last Stand at Yellowstone that ran on A&E Network starring Scott
Foley and Richard Burgi and co-produced by Rocky.
Rocky, the environmental writer for the Idaho Statesman has a blog called Letters from the West in Boise. Bill
Moyers, included ’
Rocky in his PBS program "Is God Green? In 2010, Rocky went to China and wrote a series of stories as an Idahoan in China. "
Rocky used to live in Wisconsin.
Check out the pictures of the sinking
house on Lake Superior.
Greater Yellowstone
is one of his passions and he covered (Watch video) the The
1988 Fires.
In Writers
on the Range, Rocky talks about wolves in the West.
Read an excerptof Scorched Earth published on Google
For more information on rockybarker.com, or to comment on this page write,
call, or e-mail Rocky at: Rocky Barker, 2875 Harmony, Boise, ID83706 1-(208)-363-0259 rbarker@rockybarker.com
Northwest Experience started as a guide service in Wisconsin in 1977 when Rocky was the
Northwest Field Editor of Wisconsin Sportsman Magazine. He had Walt Bresette,
an artist and Chippewa activist draw his logo. Walt died in 1999 after
helping found the Green Party. Rocky kept the logo and the name now that he
lives and loves the Pacific Northwest.
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In 
For more information on rockybarker.com, or to comment on this page write,
call, or e-mail Rocky at: Rocky Barker, 2875 Harmony, 
