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May 14, 2018
Outdoor recreation and travel through the American West are a big part of life for many out here, and our annual Outdoor and Travel special issue takes a hard look at outdoor recreation’s influence — and its costs.
Feature
Editor's Note
The outdoor industry fills a unique role in the West as a political force and as an entity getting more people outside.
Current
In Montana, the town of Ronan hops on the brewery bandwagon.
As the outdoor industry ramps up its advocacy, it faces tough questions from Indigenous recreators.
A new law could change the nature of wilderness travel.
Social media is raising the profile of underrepresented outdoor communities.
Visits to public lands and consumer spending grow, as agency budgets atrophy.
… without celebrating colonialism’s violence?
Essays
The idea that outdoor recreation leads to meaningful conservation rests on a big ‘if.’
The way air travel has devolved says something awful about humans.
Multimedia
A photographer captures the community he found on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Book Reviews
From Canada to Mexico, a series of books shares the insider knowledge of the trail.
I want my daughter to know the wilderness outside our cabin, and the wildness within each of us.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
HCN receives a James Beard Award, and says hello to one of Paonia’s newest and smallest residents.
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