Documenting recreation on Instagram, Strava and YouTube is changing the way we experience the outdoors.
Is tech ruining the wilderness?
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Illegal bike trails and a Forest Service crackdown divide a town
A biking boom in Sedona, Arizona, forces locals to ask: Is there room for all these people?
Posted inJuly 20, 2015: Shredded
Exploring “The Crown of the Continent” in photos
Photographer Steven Gnam takes readers into the one of the most remote stretches of wilderness, along the ridge of the Northern Rockies.
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Drought-driven water thieves, Brahma bulls and pine beagles.
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inJuly 20, 2015: Shredded
Deaths renew calls for national parks to rescind BASE jumping bans
Squirrel suited flyers say the bans actually contribute to deadly accidents.
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Climbing over the edge
Review of “Snowblind: Stories of Alpine Obsession” by Daniel Arnold.
Posted inJuly 20, 2015: Shredded
Can human judgment handle avalanches?
We’re better than ever at understanding the dangers of avalanches. So why can’t we avoid them?
Posted inJuly 20, 2015: Shredded
Alaska tourism and the white man’s native
Review of “So, How Long Have You Been Native? Life as an Alaska Native Tour Guide” by Alexis C. Bunten.
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Biking the line between wilderness and civilization
A bikepacking trip in Canyonlands offers a new look at a well-travelled landscape.
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Drought bill aims to build dams to alleviate water shortages
Despite the drought, agriculture in California is in better shape than you might think.
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EPA to study effects of Roundup on 1,500 endangered species
300 million pounds of glyphosate are used in the U.S. each year, but its impacts are largely unknown.
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Cliff-jumpers versus condors in SoCal
Can $5,000 fines and jail time protect an endangered species from thrill-seekers?
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Wild Science video series goes behind the scenes of wildlife science
High Country News is launching Wild Science, an original video series that spotlights the field biology and people involved in some of today’s most intriguing wildlife issues. Viewers travel alongside researchers into the habitat of the wildlife they study and see the scientific processes that inform public land and wildlife management — decisions that shape […]
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Illegal flights persist despite national park drone ban
Early season drone reports are outpacing the number of incidents last year.
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Memories from the gear shed
I could put it off no longer. The gear shed had long been an object of contention in my marriage. “You don’t use half this stuff,” my husband observed, more than once. “You need to go through it and make more room.” Defiantly, he rolled his fat-tired bike into the living room and left it […]
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Idaho mining dispute raises questions about the future of wilderness
A grandfathered mining claim has opened the doors to development.
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How crowded are private prisons in the West?
A riot in Arizona puts the spotlight on for-profit incarceration.
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Ranch Diaries: How the Triangle P grazes on tribal lands
Breaking down private leases and federal permits.
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The counties that actively oppose a federal lands transfer
Commissioners fear states could reduce county power and remove public access.
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How the California drought exacerbates water contamination
This rural community couldn’t drink the water, even if they had it.