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Feature

Public Lands Are on the Line

Trump and his allies are targeting our shared, wild spaces for extraction

By Jeremy Miller

September 8, 2025

Departments

View in between trees looking down from Pine Mountain near Ojai, California

Opening Remarks

Public Lands Were Made Free to All

Protecting wild places was once a radical idea. It still is.

By Jonathan Hahn

September 8, 2025

Portrait of Shruti Bhatnagar smiling at the camera.

From the Top

Why Public Lands Need Protection More Than Ever

The Trump administration wants to sell off our shared lands. We need to meet this moment.

By Shruti Bhatnagar

September 11, 2025

A car comes through a tunnel with a wildlife crossing over Highway 93 in Montana, with a sign saying "Animals' Crossing" and two words from the language of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes that reads similar to "Xwixweyut Nxlews."

Notes from Here & There

Montanans Are Making Space for Grizzlies

Wildlife corridors and conflict prevention help keep bears safe

By Christopher Preston

September 18, 2025

A line of protesters hold signs and an upside-down US flag in Yosemite National Park in front of a waterfall.

Notes from Here & There

The Resistance Rangers Want Your Help in Protecting National Parks

A movement of off-duty and former officials has mobilized to save embattled parks

By Juliet Grable

September 12, 2025

Eyewitness

How to Make Time Stand Still

Start with your local rose garden

By Gary Singh

September 30, 2025

Terra Lubin works on a potting bench inside a greenhouse, with pots of grass in the foreground.

Field Trip

Mycorrhizal Fungi Can Restore Ecosystems. Here’s How.

This library of spores specializes in growing and distributing the essential organisms

By Shi En Kim

October 14, 2025

Photo-illustration shows four members of a choir wearing hard hats and two other actors in The Watershed Rock Opera.

Critic’s Notebook

Every Watershed Deserves a Rock Opera

How an Oregon sewer inspired a live multimedia performance

By Michelle Nijhuis

September 16, 2025

Illustration shows two adults and a child sitting next to a lake that has a rectangular ultrasonic algae remediation device floating in the middle. In the lake are harmful algal blooms and dead fish floating on top with live fish below.

Clean Tech

Can an Ultrasonic Device Burst the Algal Bloom Bubble?

Sound waves show some promise in keeping toxic cyanobacteria at bay

By Elijah de Castro

October 12, 2025

Illustration shows a large round collar with a small dog, trees, a building, and a recycling bin around it.

Material World

A Circular Economy for Pets

How to mindfully feed and care for your dogs and cats, and help green up the pet industry while you're at it

By Katie O'Reilly

September 28, 2025

Close-up of a conch's two orange, black, and white eyes poking out of a shell.

Photo

Eyes Without a Face

These marine mollusks know how to play peekaboo

October 20, 2025

Close-up of snow-covered bulrush/cattails

Poem

Thaw

A poem by Traci Brimhall

September 5, 2025

Underside view of an orange, yellow, white, and black monarch butterfly emerging from water, with water splashing up behind it.

Poem

Wela as Root

A poem by Gisselle Yepes

By Gisselle Yepes

September 1, 2025

Treehugger

An Accidental Activist Takes On a Pipeline in New York

Courtney Williams learned how to push back on the oil and gas industry

By Nicole Greenfield

September 21, 2025

2025 Fall

Public Lands Are on the Line

Departments

Public Lands Were Made Free to All

Why Public Lands Need Protection More Than Ever

Montanans Are Making Space for Grizzlies

The Resistance Rangers Want Your Help in Protecting National Parks

How to Make Time Stand Still

Mycorrhizal Fungi Can Restore Ecosystems. Here’s How.

Every Watershed Deserves a Rock Opera

Can an Ultrasonic Device Burst the Algal Bloom Bubble?

A Circular Economy for Pets

Eyes Without a Face

Thaw

Wela as Root

An Accidental Activist Takes On a Pipeline in New York

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