saving wild places

Angelenos share the San Gabriel Mountains with miners, nudists, anglers, and the occasional murderer.

If you think Walden Pond is transcendental, check out Maine's North Woods

A deal that one activist called Southern California's Louisiana Purchase will make life easier for game animals and other species

Off-road vehicle sales are booming, but wilderness isn’t a drive-thru experience

To developers they’re just piles of rocks. To Native Americans, they’re places of worship.

Lighting up Phoenix and Tucson could extinguish a Zuni deity

The Arctic is more than oil and caribou

Gorillas in the crossfire: As wars rage, one man's humanity is a species' salvation

A Legacy With Legs

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