2012 July/August

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At Home in a Hole in the Rock

A visitor finds refuge—and tales of deprivation—in the Grand Canyon's hidden alcoves

By Michael Engelhard

July 30, 2012

Pirates of the Rainforest

The forests of the Olympic Peninsula have always been pillaged, and there's nothing law enforcement can do about it

Text and photographs by Gregg Bleakney

July 19, 2012

The Last of the Southwest

Otero Mesa, the remnant of a forgotten grassland, looks for a little recognition

By Peter Frick-Wright

July 4, 2012

Two Wheels, Not Four

Gas prices, CO2 levels—it's all going up. Which is why more and more people are ditching gas-guzzlers for bikes.

By Michael Frank

July 1, 2012

Fractured Lives

Detritus of Pennsylvania's shale gas boom

By Edward Humes

July 2, 2012