The Art of Activism
The Alaska Wilderness League's poster campaign highlights why the Arctic is worth protecting
By
Michael Engelhard
December 22, 2025
Amid Soaring Heat, a Grand Canyon Icon Was Incinerated
As the planet gets hotter, public lands are more vulnerable
By
Michael Engelhard
July 16, 2025
How I Finally Checked a Brooks Range Traverse off My Bucket List
It took years and a lot of planning, but I'm glad I did it
By
Michael Engelhard
February 19, 2025
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adventure
Bear-Hunting Dogs Turn Into Bear Savers
In Alaska, trained Karelian bear dogs teach bears to avoid human danger
By
Michael Engelhard
December 25, 2021
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animals
Trump’s Parting Shot at the Arctic Refuge on Its 60th Anniversary
Celebrating our wildest refuge, whose fate hangs by a thread
By
Michael Engelhard
December 6, 2020
Inside Early Explorers' Journals
Before photography and bullet journals, travelers' sketchbooks marked discoveries
By
Michael Engelhard
May 4, 2019
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books
America’s Most Obscure Desert Is in Alaska
The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes—like the Sahara except with beavers and caribou
By
Michael Engelhard
June 16, 2018
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wilderness
The Stogie-Chomping Daredevil Warrior for Wilderness
100 years on, we could use more Martin Littons
By
Michael Engelhard
May 23, 2017
The Home of the White Bear
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is in danger—again
By
Michael Engelhard
February 27, 2017
Should We Control Nature to Make It Nicer?
Death by grizzly, a trial, and the fight over controlling nature
By
Michael Engelhard
January 20, 2017
The Magazine of The Sierra Club