Intermountain

The therapy dogs of R.E.A.D. — Reading Education Assistance Dogs — have been helping children improve their literacy skills since 1999, when Intermountain Therapy Animals began the program in Salt Lake City, Utah.

To the Editor: The cover photography for “The Last Wilderness ” contains an S.U.V. As a graduate of the University of Montana, I fully understand the reality of travel in the intermountain West.