public lands

COVID-19's Legacy in Parks and Public Lands

Crowding is way up, and land managers are trying to balance equity, experience, and landscape preservation in real time

By Heather Hansman March 29, 2022

In this story: public lands

We Don't Deserve Beavers

Meddlesome beavers are cleaning up Superfund sites

By Isobel Whitcomb April 30, 2022

In this story: science, animals, wildlife, public lands

A beautiful lustrous beaver crouches by the edge of a stream, washing its widdle paws

Greener Acres

Imagine what it would look like to rewild the industrial-agriculture state of Iowa

By Jason Mark March 15, 2022

In this story: public lands, saving wild places

Biden Administration Moves to Protect the Boundary Water Wilderness From Mining

Decision marks a reversal to the Trump policy—and hopefully the happy end of this long-running conservation fight

By Conor Mihell January 29, 2022

In this story: public lands

How Do You Cope When Your Favorite Places Are Gone?

A requiem for what we lost to California’s climate-driven wildfires

By John Soares November 27, 2021

In this story: public lands

Stoke Versus Awe

A self-described hermit tourist meditates on how the wilderness can make us spiritual pilgrims

By Brooke Williams November 25, 2021

In this story: public lands, hiking

President Biden Should Protect Sacred Lands

Nevada needs Biden to permanently protect Avi Kwa Ame—a.k.a. Spirit Mountain

By Paul Selberg November 21, 2021

In this story: public lands

7 Latino Heritage Sites in Need of Urgent Protection

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by preserving culturally significant public lands

By Christian Thorsberg October 13, 2021

In this story: public lands

Can Indigenous Leadership Save Our National Parks and Monuments?

The nomination of Chuck Sams signals a new path for Indigenous-led and managed Native homelands

By Jacqueline Keeler October 11, 2021

In this story: public lands, indigenous communities

Seeds of Resistance

Native-led campaigns are at the forefront of today's climate and justice movements

By Jason Mark September 15, 2021

In this story: public lands, indigenous communities

Deb Haaland sits facing the camera with her hands in her lap.

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public lands

COVID-19's Legacy in Parks and Public Lands

We Don't Deserve Beavers

Greener Acres

Biden Administration Moves to Protect the Boundary Water Wilderness From Mining

How Do You Cope When Your Favorite Places Are Gone?

Stoke Versus Awe

President Biden Should Protect Sacred Lands

7 Latino Heritage Sites in Need of Urgent Protection

Can Indigenous Leadership Save Our National Parks and Monuments?

Seeds of Resistance

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