Krista Langlois

Krista Langlois is a freelance journalist based in Durango, Colorado. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Outside and elsewhere. Find her on Twitter @cestmoiLanglois.

Locals Fight to Protect Mexico’s Baja Peninsula From Development

Real estate speculation and megaresorts threaten to displace people and harm biodiversity

The Northeast Has Unexpected Old-Growth Forests That Survived Colonial Axes

Expanding the remaining patches may hold the key to ecological resilience in the centuries to come

In this story: forests

Forever in the Distance

Some places are better left to the imagination

Future Forests of America

Across the American West, forests are failing to regenerate after high-intensity wildfires, but that doesn't have to mean they're gone for good

The Giving Trees

A journey through Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the greatest US natural carbon reserve

New Protections for Ancient Trees

Biden administration halts old-growth logging in the Tongass National Forest

How to Treat Backcountry Water on the Cheap

Yes, you should disinfect your water. No, you don’t need an expensive filter.