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How to Celebrate National Public Lands Day Without Leaving Your Home

Eight books and films that will transport you to some of America’s most iconic landscapes

By Sara Hashemi September 22, 2024

In this story: public lands, America's National Parks, national forests, outdoor recreation, adventure

Mountains in Glacier National Park serve as the backdrop for an alpine meadow

In Praise of the Wilderness Act

On its 60th birthday, this landmark American conservation law is more valuable than ever

By Jason Mark August 30, 2024

In this story: public lands, national forests, national parks, wildlife, saving wild places

Silhouette of a hiker in front of Charlotte Lake, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California, USA. | Photo by Christina Felschen/Getty Images

Here’s How the New Old-Growth Amendment Could Put Forests at Risk

Conservation groups say federal agencies are missing an opportunity to save remaining old growth

By Lindsey Botts August 28, 2024

In this story: forests, national forests, ecosystems, saving wild places, public lands

A view of the Sandwich Range Vegetation Management Project area in New Hampshire's White Mountains National Forest.

Hotter Temperatures Are Causing Trees to Have Heat Strokes

How climate-change-driven drying of the air is leading to tree deaths the world over

By Nathan Gilles July 29, 2024

In this story: forests, national forests, state forests, drought, climate change

An aerial shot of a parched forest in the Four Corners region of the Southwest.

Who Owns the Mountains in Lutsen?

Tribal rights and outdoor recreation collide in this pristine part of the Superior National Forest

By Emily Halnon February 26, 2024

In this story: saving wild places, forests, national forests, ecosystems, indigenous communities

Aerial photo of Superior National Forest with fall colors and set against lake shores

New Proposal Hopes to Extend Protections to Old-Growth Forests

Conservation groups welcome the news but lament the lack of measures for mature forests

By Lindsey Botts December 21, 2023

In this story: forests, national forests, public lands, saving wild places, climate change

Waterfalls tumble into Red Bluff Bay, Baranof Island, Tongass National Forest Alaska's Alexander Archipelago.

Campaign Urges Agencies to Keep Big Trees Standing

Key forests are identified that are crucial to honoring old-growth executive order

By Juliet Grable February 6, 2023

In this story: forests, national forests, climate change, federal climate policy, logging

Hand Lake with the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the background in Oregon's Willamette National Forest.

President Biden Restores Logging Prohibitions in Tongass National Forest

Roadless Rule reinstated throughout two-thirds of world’s largest intact temperate rain forest

By Lindsey Botts January 29, 2023

In this story: national forests, forests, federal climate policy, indigenous communities, saving wild places

A view of the wilderness in Misty Fjords National Monument, part of the Tongass National Forest

California Needs More Fire

Why is it still so hard to start a prescribed fire in California?

By Tatum McConnell November 5, 2022

In this story: science, climate change, forests, politics, national forests

Fire managers and Firefighters on the 340-acre Harris Prescribed understory Fire on October 12, 2018 northeast of McCloud in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest (USFS photo by Liz Younger, Forest Fire Planner)

The Gripping Mystery of Trees Gone Missing in the Night

Lyndsie Bourgon’s first book investigates the furtive world of timber theft

By Brendan Curtinrich July 18, 2022

In this story: public lands, forests, national forests, national parks

Cover image of the book Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods

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