Results for keyword: Recreation
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Rolling on the rivers
The essays in Page Stegner’s Adios Amigos celebrate the fragile beauty of Western rivers and the lives of the artists and explorers who journeyed down them.
by Janice Gable Bashman, Apr 28, 2008 -
Taking to the Trees
After conquering rocks, trails and mountains, weekend warriors have found a new hobby: Climbing the West’s big trees.
by Morgan Heim, Apr 14, 2008 -
Push, whack, shove, wallop and pound
Linda Hasselstrom writes of the joy of bread-making, and of an 80-something friend who has shared her homemade, delicious loaves with hundreds of people.
by Linda Hasselstrom, Apr 07, 2008 -
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 -
An empty canyon full of everything
Seth Shteir goes looking for birds and finds all kinds of wonderful things in a little-known corner of northeastern Nevada known as Lamoille Canyon.
by Seth Shteir, Mar 31, 2008 -
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 -
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 -
Where’s the remote
Jeff Osgood says that too many Americans would rather watch the outdoors on TV than explore it with their own two feet.
by Jeff Osgood, Mar 10, 2008 -
Wilderness is the place that can make or break you
Aron Ralston, who famously lost his arm in a Utah canyon, argues for the preservation of that canyon and others like it.
by Aron Ralston, Apr 16, 2007 -
Fed up with paying to play
Chris Wallace’s refusal to pay daily user fees on Arizona’s Mount Lemmon led to a courtroom decision that has thrown the entire future of the federal recreational fee program into doubt
by Tony Davis, Nov 27, 2006
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