Emigrant Peak in the Custer-Gallatin National Forest (Photo by Jacob Frank | National Park Service | Flickr). Most of us with long ties to Park County, Montana, cherish our landscapes and the fish and ...

Animals, environments, and people are all connected. In Messages from the Wilderness, experience what it’s like to visit national parks across South, Central, and North America. These diorama scenes ...

Boyce Upholt is a New Orleans–based freelance writer. He won the 2019 James Beard Media Award in investigative journalism and is currently writing a book about the Mississippi River for W. W. Norton.

The World Heritage Convention is already used to protect many wilderness areas around the globe, but there are significant gaps in protection, especially in large, intact wilderness areas. Two of 24 ...

“The amazing thing about the Bob Marshall is, as large as it is, it’s surrounded by significant large landscapes with no guarantee they’ll remain the way they are,” said Zack Porter of the Montana ...

As founder and field director of Paragon Guides, which has been leading visitors into the backcountry in our area since 1978, we are writing in support for the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign. This ...

Part of what defines Colorado’s Western Slope is the expansive landscapes and regions where wildlife roam free, backcountry recreation opportunities abound and cultural artifacts of the state’s ...

Also taking note of the changed political landscape are critics of some wilderness proposals, such as Jack Albright, vice president of the White River Forest Alliance. His recreation-oriented group ...

But whoa! Along came the human-powered mountain bike, and although it’s quite similar to the contrivances that hardy souls have been pedaling and pushing through cities and the backcountry since the ...