The concept may need some rethinking, but it's still an important way to preserve some of our most treasured land.
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July 21, 2014
Reflections on wilderness at 50, Craig Childs riding with motorheads in Utah, and what a historic moment for the Clean Air Act means for climate.
Feature
An off-roading conservationist navigates some gnarly landscape on the road to more protection for the Utah desert.
Editor's Note
How we interface with wilderness.
Current
How it arrived and how much it matters for the climate.
Which plants are slated for closure or switches to natural gas.
A new crop of manufacturers try to succeed without selling out.
As ravens spread, they’re finding friends and foes in Western states.
A North Dakota photographer returns home to examine changes to the landscape.
The “odd ungulate out” gets a tentative win.
State supreme court gives green light to tar sands permits.
Essays
Backwoods adventure isn't the only way to develop an affinity for the outdoors.
Younger people don’t seem interested in this outdoors tradition.
Book Reviews
A subculture of automobiles on the Utah-Nevada desert.
Review of 'The Painter' by Peter Heller.
Review of 'The Horse Lover: A Cowboy's Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs.'
Writers on the Range
The federal government created a land-ownership mess for Native Americans, but there is a way out of it.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Summer visitors galore.
Letters
Featured stories
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