A trail along the Trans-Alaska pipeline could be the start of a booming recreation economy.
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Posted inJune 26, 2017: Personal Pilgrimage
Why thru-hiking would be a disaster for the Yaak Valley
A long-distance trail would disrupt badly needed grizzly habitat.
Posted inMay 29, 2017: The Cost of a Comeback
The cost of the bighorn comeback
In California’s Eastern Sierra, bringing back bighorn has meant killing more mountain lions.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
Learning to live with bears
Two books examine our evolving relationship with bears.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
An end to Tucson’s growth wars
A conservation plan puts science ahead of politics.
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It’s OK to be cautious in the wild
Where to draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable risks.
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The dog turds lurking on our trails
A poop awareness campaign unleashed a lot of anger — some of it unexpected.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
Nature got your heart?
These photos tell the story of writer John Nichols’ love affair with the wild.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
A tale of two Roosevelts
Two books examine how both Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt helped build an American conservation ethos.
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Montana wilderness bill reflects compromise and care
The Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act grew out of successful collaboration in a complicated landscape.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
Go North, young woman
In a place no one can see you, you can see yourself more clearly.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
Growing up in timber country
A writer returns to the old-growth forest of her youth.
Posted inFebruary 20, 2017: Overdosed
Artful science
Data and poetry converge in an experimental forest.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Naked in the desert
The sunburned, imperfect and deeper wild of the human body.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
River of healing
How a group of veterans found solace on the River of No Return.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Latest: Future mining blocked around the Kalmiopsis
The moratorium will extend for 20 years.
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It’s not the Wild West anymore. Look before you shoot.
Carrying a gun in the backcountry isn’t the issue—responsible use is.
Posted inNovember 28, 2016: A Weird and Perfect Wilderness
Hope in a post-nature society
A writer seeks answers from Lake Powell.
Posted inNovember 28, 2016: A Weird and Perfect Wilderness
How to love a weird and perfect wilderness
A desolate Oregon landscape offers lessons on the modern wild.
Posted inNovember 14, 2016: The Long View
The deeper meaning of trails
Insightful new books in the well-worn genre of trail literature.