Kyle Dickman is a former editor at Outside and a former member of the firefighting crew known as the Tahoe Hotshots. He spent five seasons fighting wildfires in California. Dickman’s reporting has been nominated for a National Magazine Award. He's the author of On the Burning Edge, and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, Turin.
Because remote, untracked snow is worth the effort
One man purposefully gets bitten by snakes to immunize himself against them. A scientist wants to turn this man's blood into a vaccine against snake venom.
Inside the most destructive wildfire in American history, and why it will happen again soon.
One of the worst tragedies in the history of firefighting prompted little change to a culture that regularly puts young lives at risk. A few seasoned veterans are working to fix that.
Because boot-packing takes too long
When fire is removed from the landscape, the forests grow thicker, and when the unavoidable fires return, they come as firestorms. These scientists think there is a universal "silver bullet" to...
Rattlesnakes don’t want to bite people. They don’t even want to be seen. Sometimes we just step on a piece of bad luck.
New Mexico's Bandelier National Monument has lost nearly all of its ponderosa pines due to fire—and the same thing could happen to the rest of our forests when they burn.
Breaking down just how catastrophic the 2017 California fires are.
Two sticks up, one down.
It's destructive, beautiful, and critical to our ecosystem
Trump's executive orders don't have environmental lawyers particularly worried—but that could change depending on how the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules on a handful of cases
As the Category Four storm threatened landfall last week, dozens of Urban Search and Rescue teams were deploying from around the country, mobilizing at lightning speed to save residents from the...
You don’t need no stinkin’ chairlifts
Team Rubicon began in 2010 with a unique dual mission: providing disaster relief and giving struggling American veterans a vital sense of purpose. The program has a reputation for ignoring best...