Results for keyword: hikers
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Out stealing rocks from special places
The author leaves no trace -- but sometimes leaves with a trace of local geology in his pocket.
by Brendan Leonard, Oct 06, 2011 -
Nature fierce and not so pretty
Spend enough time around a bird feeder, and you’ll realize that nature is less like a poetic cartoon and more like a gritty crime novel by someone like Elmore Leonard.
by Dennis Hinkamp, Sep 21, 2011 -
Room for everyone
A "hodgepodge of humanity" visits Mojave desert hot springs -- and there's room enough for all.
by Brad Monsma, Dec 05, 2010 -
Nature illiteracy
Many hikers are obsessed about correct identification of flora and fauna, but a stalwart few are fine with simply seeing a bird as a bird.
by Donald R. Nelson, Jun 08, 2010 -
Boots on the trail ought to pay up
The hikers who are loving Colorado’s fourteeners to death need to repair the damage they’re doing and help out either physically or financially.
by Sarah Gilman, Jun 08, 2010 -
Following your passion
The bones of Everett Ruess, who vanished into the desert at the age of 20, have been identified 75 years later, but the mystery of his life – and the details of his death – remain unknown.
by Philip L. Fradkin, May 08, 2009 -
Two weeks in the West
On public lands throughout the West, hikers, bikers, horseback riders and off-roaders compete for trail space, while beleaguered land-managers struggle to come up with workable forest management plans.
by Sarah Gilman, Jun 09, 2008 -
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 -
Going Big
Mountain bikers are finally winning respect, along with increased access to trails, but a growing breed of gonzo riders with heavy, fast, high-tech bikes -- and a thirst for riding in wilderness – could threaten all that.
by Patrick Farrell, Sep 18, 2006 -
Learning from Moab's example
In the North Fruita Desert of western Colorado, the BLM has come up with a plan to enable motorized and non-motorized recreationists to share the outdoors
by Jodi Peterson and J.M. McCord, May 30, 2005
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