Abe Streep

Abe Streep
Abe Streep

May 1, 2018

The Tribes vs. Donald Trump

Ethel Branch, attorney general for the Navajo Nation, sits on a leather couch in a Salt Lake City production studio, sipping bottled water and keeping a close eye on the television screen. It’s...

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Abe Streep
Abe Streep

Dec 8, 2017

Patagonia and the Federal Government Go Head to Head

On Monday, immediately after President Trump issued a proclamation cutting Bears Ears National Monument into two significantly smaller areas, Patagonia unveiled its stark new homepage, designed to...

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Abe Streep
Abe Streep

Dec 5, 2017

The Outdoor Industry's Protests Won't Save Public Lands

The outdoor industry has been a fierce advocate for the now-decimated national monument—but it may have been too little, too late.

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Abe Streep and Jonah Ogles

Nov 30, 2017

Trump Plans to Shrink Bears Ears by 1.1 Million Acres

Documents obtained by Outside show that President Trump's Monday announcement will involve downsizing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by nearly a million acres each.

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Abe Streep
Abe Streep

Sep 28, 2017

Could Logging Reduce Wildfires?

One recent day, I found myself up near Seeley Lake, Montana, an empty vacation community. The air was, officially speaking, "hazardous," or, as an air quality specialist memorably put it, a "hideous...

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Abe Streep
Abe Streep

Sep 8, 2017

Montana's Wildfires Are Raging and Barely Contained

Wildfires have burned more than a million acres in the northern Rockies—and it could get even worse.

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Abe Streep

Aug 4, 2017

How Big Data Saved the Mountain Town

How does a town go from logging and livestock to bits and bytes? Tiny Prineville, Oregon, is finding out as huge data centers from Apple and Facebook transform the timber town into a recreational hub...

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Abe Streep
Abe Streep

Jul 24, 2017

Patagonia's Big Business of #Resist

The iconic brand has long been the conscience of the outdoor industry, forsaking hefty profits to do the right thing. Now the company is going to war against the Trump administration over protections...

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Abe Streep
Abe Streep

Mar 13, 2017

100 Ways to Save the World

This is a grim spring for those concerned about our warming planet. Last year was the hottest in recorded history, eclipsing 2015, which in turn beat out 2014. In December, climate scientists...

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Abe Streep
Abe Streep

Feb 2, 2017

Three Million Acres of Public Lands Are off the Market—For Now

The attacks started more quickly than anticipated. On January 3, 2017, the first day of the 115th United States Congress, the House of Representatives passed a resolution that changed the manner in...

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Abe Streep
Abe Streep

Apr 6, 2016

A Rare Glimpse at Everest—from the Sherpa POV

A new documentary tells the other side of the growing labor dispute at the top of the world

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Abe Streep
Abe Streep

Apr 4, 2016

Dave Morton Is Quitting Everest. Maybe. (It's Complicated.)

After two years of unimaginable tragedy, everyone from outfitters and Sherpas to would-be climbers and the Nepalese government is questioning the future of commercial mountaineering. And then there’s...

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Abe Streep

Dec 21, 2015

These Milk Carton Devices May Save California from Drought

They may not bring rain, but they could help us better use the water we have.

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Abe Streep
Abe Streep

Oct 14, 2015

The Greatest Boat Race Ever (Dreamed Up Over Beers)

The rules: Pilot a boat 750 miles from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska—no motors allowed. The prize: $10,000 nailed to a piece of wood. The result: Seven capsizings, four lifesaving...

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