Recreation
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Uncommon Westerners
Survival and the fittest
Ultra-marathon runner Nikki Kimball races to keep her spirit strong and her personal demons at bay.
by Ray Sikorski, Jun 23, 2008 -
Writers on the Range
Don’t trash Joshua Tree National Park
Seth Shteir is appalled at the prospect of a gigantic landfill planned for the fragile desert landscape next to Joshua Tree National Park.
by Seth Shteir, Jun 16, 2008 -
Book Reviews
Words that mountains speak
In Contact: Mountain Climbing and Environmental Thinking, Jeffrey Mathes McCarthy has assembled 23 essays from a wide range of authors.
by Sylvia Torti, May 12, 2008 -
Winning the West
Primer 3: Recreation
What is the "highest and best use" of our public lands? Oversight agencies are charged with providing access while protecting land and wildlife; the first step is to provide them with sufficient funding.
by Jodi Peterson, Apr 03, 2008 -
Essays
The legacy of the 10th Mountain men
Peter Shelton spends a day skiing and reminiscing with the veterans of the Army’s 10th Mountain Division.
by Peter Shelton, Mar 31, 2008 -
Essays
The loneliness of the redneck environmentalist
Drew Pogge is caught between two cultures: the redneck good ol’ boy gearheads of his youth, and the holier-than-thou environmentalists of his present.
by Drew Pogge, Mar 31, 2008 -
News
Where the rubber leaves the road
Colorado's new off-road vehicle bill expands enforcement
by Evelyn Schlatter, Mar 31, 2008 -
Writers on the Range
No way to run a national park
Tim Lydon wonders what happened to a recent environmental impact statement that may have irked railroads by favoring snowsheds over controlled avalanches in Glacier National Park.
by Tim Lydon, Mar 17, 2008 -
Essays
From the backcountry to the building zoo
Robin Pam and Erin Beller remember an adventurous summer spent documenting the historic structures of Yosemite National Park.
by Robin Pam and Erin Beller, Mar 17, 2008 -
Book Reviews
Remembering Rrrrrip City!
The essays in Matt Love’s anthology Red Hot and Rollin’ take a lively and nostalgic look at Oregon in 1977, the year the Portland Trailblazers won their one and only NBA championship.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Mar 03, 2008 -
Writers on the Range
Don’t let stars wink out all over the West
Seth Shteir praises darkness – and denounces light pollution – after going stargazing in Great Basin National Park.
by Seth Shteir, Dec 10, 2007 -
Writers on the Range
When you’re wrong, you’re wrong
Josh Nichols moves past his own prejudices to discover that mountain bikers can successfully share the great outdoors with ATVers.
by Josh Nichols, Dec 10, 2007 -
News
Carpe Noctem
Arizona developer promises sun, moon and stars
by Marty Durlin, Dec 10, 2007 -
News
Quest for darkness
Chad Moore and the members of the Park Service Night Sky Team keep an eye on the stars in the nation’s parks and monuments.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Dec 10, 2007 -
Uncommon Westerners
Jim Detterline to the rescue
Park Ranger Jim Detterline battles the agency he loves over its insistence that a hearing impairment makes him unfit for his job.
by Michelle Blank, Dec 10, 2007






