John Krist

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John Krist is a senior reporter and Opinion-page columnist at the Ventura County Star, where he has worked since 1983. His weekly commentaries on land-use policy, natural resources and environmental issues are distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, and have been published in newspapers throughout the United States. The winner of numerous writing awards and journalism fellowships, he is the author of three books about California’s parks and wilderness areas, and has contributed to books on urban renewal and wildfire policy. His most recently published book is Voyage of Rediscovery: Exploring the New West in the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark.

He is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, with a degree in cultural anthropology. He and his wife, Jean, live in Ventura, and have a son and daughter in college. When he’s not working, he usually can be found running, hiking, backpacking or paddling somewhere in the West.

Recent stories:

• Book-signing date corrected
  April 25, 2008
• Krist: Opening a new chapter
  December 27, 2007
• Krist: Letting go of what's past
  December 20, 2007
• Krist: Home for the holocaust
  December 13, 2007
• Krist: The dignity of hard labor
  December 6, 2007
• Krist: Waiting for the first snow
  November 29, 2007
• Krist: A celebration of survival
  November 22, 2007
• Krist: Drawn to the open road
  November 15, 2007
• Krist: Flunking the fitness test
  November 8, 2007
• Krist: Walking to New Jersey
  November 1, 2007
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