Strip Mine Holiday
A mountaintop-removal coal mine threatens Fayetteville's new outdoor-adventure economy
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The Top 10: America's Coolest Schools 2012
Sierra's sixth annual ranking of America's greenest universities
At Home in a Hole in the Rock
A visitor finds refuge—and tales of deprivation—in the Grand Canyon's hidden alcoves
Pirates of the Rainforest
The forests of the Olympic Peninsula have always been pillaged, and there's nothing law enforcement can do about it
The Last of the Southwest
Otero Mesa, the remnant of a forgotten grassland, looks for a little recognition
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.
The Source of Wealth
Utah chooses coal mining over its natural wonders
The Swamp Man
The bald cypress of southern Louisiana is resilient and rot-resistant—and so is Dean Wilson, its most ardent defender
