Dedicated volunteers fight to preserve one of the trails that brought settlers west.
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March 7, 2016
As the National Park Service's centennial looms, High Country News takes a trip through the West, to uncover some lesser-known parks, consider the stories they tell, and meet the people behind the scenes.
Feature
Immigrants still follow Juan Bautista de Anza’s historic route.
Current
A preserve was added to the park system, after an experiment in managing federal lands outside the traditional agencies.
A writer revisits the acoustical landscape of the National Park system.
The national park system does more than celebrate beauty. It also commemorates the ugliest parts of our past.
Thousands of individuals in parks from Denali to Petrified Forest do little-known but essential jobs.
Much of the Park Service’s land in the West is poorly visited and little-known.
Editor's Note
Essays
Longing for solitude on the land, and feeling uneasy.
Conversation
Readers and staff speak out on surprising favorites.
Book Reviews
Two new books offer an invitation to the parks — and an argument for their existence.
Review of “The National Parks: An American Legacy,” by Ian Shive.
Writers on the Range
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
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