The Magazine of The Sierra Club
Digging for Answers
In California, an Indigenous archaeologist uncovers his own culture
Adventure: Trailhead Destinations
Do You Know Where Your Water Comes From?
An Oakland educator follows her tap water 240 miles to the source
Once Upon a Time There Was a Place Called Fire Island
Climate change is coming for the gay escape
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Welcome to the Slackcountry
Popular campsites all taken, but you aren’t up for the rigors of the backcountry? This is the place for you.
Where the (Non-Native) Bison Roam
A bison colony abandoned by the 1920s movie industry is thriving off the coast of Los Angeles
The Science of Solo Time in the Wilderness
A writer unpacks the latest findings on solitude and the outdoors
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hiking
Fat Girls Hiking: The Movement—and New Book—to Prioritize "Trails, Not Scales"
Founder and author Summer Michaud-Skog opens up to Sierra
Catharsis in the Shadow of the Mountain
On Silvia Vasquez-Lavado's chronicle of overcoming sexual abuse and the tallest mountains
The Long Journey of Mt. Mitchell’s Ancient Forests
Hiking through a forest of climate migrants in the Black Mountains
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