Timed-entry reservations and apps that point visitors to less-trafficked areas work to disperse the denizens.
Recreation
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The lack of diversity in outdoor rec is systematic and disconcerting
I want people of color to feel called to reclaim natural spaces.
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The fires that follow us
A hiker copes with a new anxiety brought by a changed climate.
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A Q&A with New Mexico’s deputy director of The Wilderness Society
Kay Bounkeua discusses growing up Lao-Chinese in the state, her connection to landscape and what’s next for the conservation movement.
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Climate change sinks Lake Powell, local rec industry
The water line has dropped to historic lows, and house boats are at risk of being marooned.
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Development threatens one of Montana’s ‘blue-ribbon’ trout rivers
Noxious algae is choking the very watershed that’s drawing people to develop property there.
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Is there really freedom in the outdoors?
After a year indoors, a writer remembers the joy — and pressures — of a childhood spent in Utah.
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Reclaiming LA
Communities in Los Angeles are turning industrial sites into pockets of green.
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A reality check on Biden’s ‘30 by 30’ conservation plan
The plan has lofty ambitions, but what’s happening on the ground tells a different story of how it might play out.
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The threat of wildfire in the West arrives alongside tourists
In Mammoth Lakes, California, residents are still anxious from the 2020 fire season.
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Crowds swarm the public lands
Land managers and gateway communities struggle to keep up.
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Why I changed my mind about Bears Ears
The benefits of a national monument in San Juan County outweigh the costs.
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Petroglyph vandalism is not a victimless crime
Indigenous archaeologists say more protective measures and education are needed to prevent future vandalism.
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Where land use and landscape photography converge
A would-be museum exhibit, canceled due to COVID, is now collected in the book ‘American Geography: Photographs of Land Use from 1840 to the Present.’
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What’s the value of tracking recreation in the West?
Fast-growing Western communities face a paradox of increased visitors.
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Who should pay for conservation?
Traditional sources of funding are dwindling, and some believe park visitors should step up.
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Idaho state lands could end up in private hands
How a developer’s proposed large land swap ignited a fight in small but growing McCall.
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This year’s deadly avalanche season
Low snowfall has led to catastrophic conditions around the West.
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Put unemployed miners and drillers back to work in restoration
There’s economic development in reclaiming coal mines and plugging idled wells.
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The benefits of outdoor education aren’t accessible to all
Interest in nature-based education has increased during the pandemic, but affordability is an issue.