The accidental environmentalist: Author Earl Swift could go on about the ravages of climate change. But really, he’d rather be hiking.


Earl Swift visits the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Afton Overlook, elevation 2,054 feet, with the Rockfish Valley sprawling below. Photo: Amy and Jackson Smith

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December galleries

What's on view this month

Fresh start

Administration enacts new policies as students resume classes at Charlottesville High

In brief

UVA football season over, local photographer featured in TIME, and more