public lands

Grizzlies of Pilgrim Creek

A stunning look at Greater Yellowstone's iconic grizzly bears

By Aliyah Kovner September 4, 2015

In this story: wilderness, endangered species, wildlife, grizzlies, photography

Endangered Species Act Under Siege

Congress takes aim at threatened species in new legislative maneuvers

By Stephanie Steinbrecher June 9, 2015

In this story: congress, wildlife, endangered species, sage grouse, animals

Pennsylvania Reins In Fracking

By Reed McManus April 7, 2015

In this story: fracked gas, fracking, public lands, activism

Youghiogheny River flows through the forests of Ohiopyle State Park, Pennsylvania.

Rare Gray Fox Spotted After a Decade

What this fox has to say about the future of the city

By Mikey Jane Moran February 27, 2015

In this story: wildlife, volunteers, national parks, public lands, endangered species

Drought-Denying Ranchers Ride to Washington

Angry Nevadans travel by horse from the West Coast to the capital for the right to graze on water-starved rangeland

By Judith Lewis Mernit December 4, 2014

In this story: water, animals, saving wild places, public lands, climate change

Rush hour commute: Ranchers cross Washington, D.C.'s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a three-week ride from California.

Written in Snow: Learning How to Track Wild Animals

Citizen scientists forgo the slopes to search for scat

By Molly Loomis October 7, 2014

In this story: wildlife, adventure, snow sports, wilderness, endangered species

Those Not-So-Wild Europeans

Re-creating wilderness on a continent that has almost none

By Lenny Antonelli June 4, 2014

In this story: saving wild places, public lands, wilderness, travel, hiking

Looking across Ballycroy National Park to the Nephin Beg Mountains, which are at the heart of Ireland's first wilderness area.

If John Muir Tweeted

Muir had a gift for distilling profound thoughts into short sound bites.

By Michael Brune November 1, 2013

In this story: public lands

If John Muir could tweet, what would he say?

Explore: Pictured Rocks

By the shores of Gitche Gumee, the Pictured Rocks hang over the world’s largest, and perhaps most capricious, freshwater lake

By Elisa Freeling January 1, 2004

In this story: public lands, wilderness

Leaves are changing colors above Lake Superior and Lovers Leap, Pictured Rocks National Seashore

Six Million Sweet Acres

From the quiet canyons of Vermilion to the lavish wildflowers of Carrizo, Americans have nearly two dozen new national monuments to explore

By Reed McManus September 1, 2001

In this story: public lands, saving wild places

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