Lands & Waters: Parks & Wilderness

Otero Mesa, the remnant of a forgotten grassland, looks for a little recognition

With each new plateau, the canvas changes color

Can photos of America's natural wonders inspire a cultural cease-fire?

Conservationists, the Olympics, and an indignant porcupine keep mountaintop-removal coal mining out of a wildlife paradise

A Great Plains native finds his way home

America has had the foresight to set aside many of its wild and beautiful places. With climate change upon us, scientists may need to use these sanctuaries as laboratories in which to play Noah, if not god.

How one man's quest to visit every national park sparked Ken Burns's latest documentary

Teens from L.A.'s notorious Crenshaw and Dorsey High Schools come together in Yosemite