Results for keyword: wilderness
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Does taking our kids into the wild make us dangerous parents?
The author contends there are more dangers at home.
by Alan Kesselheim, Sep 13, 2012 -
Taking my chances in grizzly country
Meeting wilderness on its own terms, without bear spray
by Charles Finn, Sep 05, 2012 -
A young wolf wanders the West
OR-7, a young Oregon wolf, has logged some 1,000 miles in his journey through the West, becoming the first wild wolf seen in California since 1924.
by Tim Lydon, Feb 09, 2012 -
The man beneath the hat: Ken Salazar's search for middle ground
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, a twelfth-generation Latino-American, works politely and quietly but stubbornly to protect the West’s environment in polarized times.
by Kate Sheppard, Dec 11, 2011 -
The mirage of pristine wilderness
The old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest may not be that old after all - but that doesn't mean they're not big and beautiful.
by Emma Marris, Oct 06, 2011 -
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 -
Wilderness and military use can coexist
The U.S. Army has no reason to oppose the proposed Red Table Mountain wilderness in Colorado, because its helicopter training flights could easily be grandfathered in.
by Connie Harvey, Sep 28, 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 -
Ice matters
We're not just losing our glaciers; we're unraveling the systems that sustain all life on earth.
by Tim Lydon, Jul 27, 2011 -
The way the West was can be seen again
Watching sandhill cranes gather on the Platte River in Nebraska is like stepping into a time machine that takes you back to an unspoiled, wild West.
by Pepper Trail, Apr 07, 2011
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