http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.8/the-delights-of-urban-wilderness The sometimes-scruffy remnants of woodland that edge our urban neighborhoods have psychological as well as ecological value. No publisher Paul Larmer sediment dumps children and nature Los Angeles County Flood Control District hiking Southern California ecology dams and water projects coast live oaks Western forests Urban woodlands Camron Stone 2012-05-09T21:25:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15525 It took a while, but the writer eventually came to see the strange, harsh beauty of the gnarled old pinon and juniper trees in Canyon Country No publisher Joshua Zaffos Plants Ecosystems Canyon country desert ecosystems pinon pines junipers Dinosaur National Monument Green River Colorado River Zion National Park aesthetics trees hiking Deserts 2012-03-30T22:18:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.5/generosity-of-voice-and-heart-a-review-of-wild-from-lost-to-found-on-the-pacific-crest-trail Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild describes her arduous trek along the Pacific Crest Trail as she seeks to recover from life-changing grief. No publisher Melissa Hart autobiography backpacking hiking Cheryl Strayed Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail nonfiction memoir 2012-04-11T14:30:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/the-logging-town-of-darrington-wash.-fights-to-save-a-wilderness-lookout A lawsuit raises questions about how far environmentalists should go to keep wilderness 'untrammeled.' No publisher Nathan Rice recreation economy Glacier Peak Wilderness hiking Endangered Species Act Suiattle River Road North Cascades National Park Forest Service trail maintenance washed out roads Green Mountain lookout consensus backpacking rural life logging towns flood damage Campaign for America's Wilderness Washington state Wilderness Act collaboration categorical exclusions fire lookouts Civilian Conservation Corps outdoor economy salmon small towns Wild Sky Wilderness Wilderness Act wilderness road repair Darrington, Washington National Register of Historic Places Cascade Range environmental lawsuits public comment wilderness helicopter flights Wilderness Watch hiking trail repair northern spotted owl marbled murrelet 2012-01-25T15:49:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.22/love-and-loss-on-a-wyoming-ranch-a-review-of-lime-creek Lime Creek, Joe Henry's ravishing first work of fiction, is filled with exquisite snapshots of life on a Wyoming ranch. No publisher Jenny Shank Old West vs. New West ATV users Craig Childs hiking rural life Small towns old-timers versus newcomers prejudice out-of-towners 2011-12-21T18:40:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/318/16179 Artist Joan Hoffman pours her love of wilderness into her paintings, and uses her art as a way to fight for the environment No publisher Jennie Lay Wilderness Joan Hoffman painters artists landscape art wilderness environmental activists hiking camping river rafting Steamboat Springs Colorado Petaluma California Yosemite Artist in Residence Nature Conservancy of Colorado Southern Utah Wilderness 2011-12-15T16:38:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16287 A long solitary hike through an empty, pristine desert is interrupted by a close encounter with an F-16 fighter plane No publisher Craig Childs Deserts Air space and bombing ranges Craig Childs bombing ranges deserts hiking silence Air Force F-16 sonic boom sound barrier personal history autobiography memoir Military 2011-11-12T01:04:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.11/a-fee-dodging-retiree-forces-a-national-forest-to-rethink-access-charges A retired geophysicist named Jim Smith successfully challenges Arizona's Coconino National Forest on access fees. No publisher Daniel Kraker public land access fees hiking Jim Smith Fee demo program Red Rock Pass outdoor recreation Forest Service Bureau of Land Management Western Slope No Fee Coalition 2011-07-06T14:33:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.10/chronicling-a-lost-river-a-review-of-dry-river Ken Lamberton explores a Southwestern desert landscape in Dry River: Stores of Life, Death, and Redemption on the Santa Cruz. No publisher Erica Olsen hiking nature writing Ken Lamberton river restoration Tohono O'odham Santa Cruz River Dry River geography nonfiction 2011-06-09T21:30:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15613 A landowner locks a gate on a road into Arizona’s Aravaipa Canyon, highlighting an increasingly bitter debate over access to public lands in the West No publisher Renee H. Guillory Access And Inholding Norma Tapia Aravaipa Canyon public lands private property public access inholdings outdoor recreation hiking ORVs Jim Palmer Graham County Arizona BLM Sal Palazzolo Arizona Game and Fish Department The Nature Conservancy Diane Drobka Tom 2011-05-16T23:24:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/finding-place A wilderness ranger has spent the last 14 years coming to intimately know -- and love -- a remarkable corner of Alaska. No publisher Tim Lydon Alaska Legislature brown bears Alaska glaciers wilderness hiking inholding development Climate change forest rangers wolves 2011-03-08T22:40:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/366/17586 In The Animal Dialogues, Colorado author Craig Childs writes of chance encounters with wild animals. No publisher Sarah Gilman human-animal wildlife Craig Childs The Animal Dialogues interactions nature camping and hiking predators 2010-10-27T19:59:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/331/16606 Cell phones have their uses, but they do not belong in the wilderness No publisher Becky Lomax hiking cell phones backpackers solitude cell phone towers Human Beings and electronic wilderness Nature technology equipment Becky Lomax Yellowstone Communities noise Lake Mead National Recreation Area emergencies sound ma Hiking tent camping quiet wireless companies National Park 2010-10-26T21:59:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.17/no-walk-in-the-park In his compassionate, understated memoir, Walking Home, Lynn Schooler hikes across rugged Southeast Alaska. No publisher Michael Engelhard autobiography Lynn Schooler hiking divorce Walking Home Southeast Alaska male middle age memoir 2010-10-26T17:43:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/332/16642 We are all, too much of the time, captives of the wreck and the mistake. Can’t take our eyes off it, can’t stop thinking about it, can’t stop picking that scab. We slide into our merely negative identity — defined by what we refuse... No publisher David Oates Human Beings and Nature Sierra Nevada love gay men hiking nature parents and children Sacramento philosophy family life global warming poetry High Stephen personal history California David Oates communication Sierra Jesus Dunn 2010-09-24T23:02:44Z News Article