Lands & Waters: Parks & Wilderness
FreeHouse Helps You Heed the Call of the Wild
The vacation-rental booking service lists off-the-grid properties where travelers can truly unplug
By
Wendy Becktold
October 28, 2016
Real Men Gather Musk Ox Wool
Just outside Nome, Alaska, the bushes are hung with qiviut, the insanely valuable underwool of the musk ox
By
Michael Engelhard
October 13, 2016
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Environmental News, ICYMI
Two months of environmental news, distilled
By
Paul Rauber
October 13, 2016
Looking for the Real Silent Night
The One Square Inch of Silence within Olympic Park's Hoh Rain Forest
By
Amanda Castleman
October 13, 2016
Protecting The Boundary Waters Canoe Area
America's most popular federal wilderness is menaced by a giant copper-and-nickel mine
Text and photographs by
Conor Mihell
October 19, 2016
Check Out this Amazing Photo of Fireflies Lighting up a Japanese Bamboo Grove
A thousand points of light: Photographer Kei Nomiyama captures fireflies at dusk
October 12, 2016
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The World Wood Web
On arboreal communication and the glory of leaves
By
Melina Sempill Watts
October 12, 2016
In this story:
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Wildfires in Western United States Increasing Exponentially Due to Climate Change
Human-induced global warming doubled the amount of forest fire area in the last 30 years, according to new report
By
Jonathan Hahn
October 11, 2016
Every (Fourth Grade) Kid in a Park
The Department of the Interior wants 10-year-olds to get off the screen and get into a national park
By
Suki Gear
October 1, 2016
The Magazine of The Sierra Club