Perspective from one of the longest, largest and most comprehensive seabird monitoring efforts in the world.
Items by Sarah Gilman
Alaska’s St. Matthew Island has had its share of human visitors, but none can remain long.
‘Floating Coast,’ the first comprehensive history of the Bering Strait, offers a lesson in ecological economics.
Despite decades of research, myth and fear still surround the animals.
To understand the evolving marine environment, scientists look to the seabirds.
Joe Wilkins’ debut novel looks at male relationships, public lands, rural class and political divisions.
Community and relationships are an integral part of arbor life.
Yellow cedars are suited to damp coastal Alaska. So what are they doing in the desert?
Amid a desolate mess in Cisco, Utah, a young woman resurrects a home.
The saga of O-Six lays bare the intricacies of a familiar, parallel society in wolves.
A writer trades in the ‘crack-me-open ache of space’ in Colorado for the lushness of western Oregon.
Through a tangle of corruption and overfishing, a marine species hangs in the balance.
How the eclipse makes you understand space, and why we should pay attention to lesser wonders.
How trail designer Loretta McEllhiney protects mountains from people.
A new book features characters who have gone far beyond what most of us consider ‘good enough.’
In a place no one can see you, you can see yourself more clearly.
Court showdown may force the agency to reconsider its Pacific Northwest logging goals.
In the backcountry, an experiment in using art to elevate environmental issues.
Some activists see the Pacific Northwest as a major new front in the climate fight.
Cities take a new tack to fight pollutants: targeting companies who make them.
Dedicated volunteers fight to preserve one of the trails that brought settlers west.
The BLM unveils the unprecedented plan to balance oil and gas with conservation in canyon country.
Scientists in Alaska are mapping what may be the tip of yellow cedar’s expanding range.
A writer finds that Colorado small-town life and Mongolian mishaps strengthen her human connections.
Get to know Paige Blankenbuehler and Gloria Dickie. Also, a correction and a clarification.
The new reforms bar governors’ partners from using their position for personal gain.
Activists target shipping hubs to influence fossil fuel development in Alaska.
Airbnb-like websites spring up in response to overcrowded public campsites.
While Oregon and Washington broil, the Southwest and Southern Rockies enjoy a welcome reprieve of moisture
Massive federal sage grouse conservation plans strike a delicate balance.
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