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Doug Bock Clark’s deeply reported book immerses readers in a society that still relies on whale hunts for sustenance, while adapting to the creeping influences of modernity

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A new multimedia story by American Wildfire Experience and MYSTERY RANCH provides alarming insight into just how destructive, deadly, and fast-moving megafires like the Thomas Fire have become

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Relax, you’re gonna be fine

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Eight hundred of the 2,300 Bureau of Land Management staff who remain on duty during the shutdown are dedicated to serving the oil and gas industries

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After four months at sea, wunderkind inventor Boyan Slat's $360 million system is being towed back to port without having collected any plastic debris

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Avoiding the awkwardness of the poop zone and other early-relationship concerns

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Parks are being destroyed, people are dying, and no one's in charge

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We’ve partnered with Portland, Oregon’s Pickathon Music Festival to showcase some of the year’s best new music.

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This one is not for the weekend warriors

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I committed to riding only one bike for all of 2018. Here’s how I did.

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The ski trail map at your local mountain was probably painted by James Niehues. Now you can see his life's work in one beautiful book.

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Close friendships can and should develop in intense situations—but you don’t need to stick around if they get toxic

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It’s an oldie but a goodie

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Is it too much to ask for a little serenity, people?

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The books, movies, podcasts, music, and more that our editors couldn't stop talking about—all year long

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These new releases rose to the top this year on our shelves, screens, and playlists

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A recent study claims women sleep better alongside a canine. But we know the truth: dog owners are deluding themselves that they're getting any sleep at all.

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Beyond just the breed, this is about the individual

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We’ve partnered with Portland, Oregon’s Pickathon Music Festival to showcase some of the year’s best new music

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I drew them. You liked them.

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There's one realistic thing we can do to survive the new era of giant blazes: build smarter communities that can take the heat

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New York City is at the forefront of breaking car dominance in America. But internationally, it’s bringing up the rear.

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This list has been checked twice for your convenience

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Featuring our 11 most popular photo essays of the year

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A lifelong runner and outdoor athlete is hit with a mysterious physical breakdown. Once the engine starts to fail, what happens to the mind?

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Lower your expectations, be kind to yourself, and always pack hot chocolate

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Books, music, and pretty things to put on their walls

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You don't have to spend much—or anything—to improve your dog's health and happiness

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Lots of things sucked this year. But there was a ton of good too!

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EPA proposes stripping protections from 50 percent of streams and 110 million acres of wetlands

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From stocking stuffers to giving back, here's what we're getting our kids this season

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A new movie follows two lost souls on the Appalachian Trail

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Three recent novels consider the world from the perspectives of urban foxes, dogs, and factory farm animals

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HBO's new surf doc is the movie we deserve in 2018

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How creating a "simplified permit system" could decrease the public's input in the land of many uses

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The freedom to move and play outside inspires creativity and improved brain function

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You don’t really need more gear. You need knowledge and inspiration.

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We’re bringing you the Pickathon Old Growth, an ongoing program that showcases musical acts live from the 2018 festival.

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Don't look down (and other lessons)

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Helmets have been mandatory in the pro peloton for well over a decade. Where’s the data that it’s helping?

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The social dynamics of swiping, ex-forgetting, and crush-Instagramming are harder to navigate than the backcountry

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Cyclists and cops often don’t see eye to eye because they literally don’t see eye to eye

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Advice from new parents on getting after it while you're starting a family

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Ecologist Lauren Oakes’s new book, ‘In Search of the Canary Tree,’ puts a human face on a crisis we created

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The books, movies, podcasts, music, and more that our editors couldn't stop talking about

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I'm not crying. You're crying.

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Freshly compiled work from some of the adventure world's best photographers

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What do we do with the work of complicated outdoor men? One new book—released in time for the 50th anniversary of 'Desert Solitaire'—searches for an answer.

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Michael Brown’s new documentary follows two blind kayakers paddling the length of the Grand Canyon

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Beat the winter blues by turning your lawn into a laboratory

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We laughed, we cried, we groaned, and our dogs mostly slept

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Camps and wilderness expeditions offer a refuge from prejudice and political battles, giving trans kids the tools they need to face future challenges

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Got a spare $35K lying around? Blow it all on these moderately priced holiday gifts.

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They may not be for everybody, but they were always awesome—and even more so now that they’re totally uncool

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This Utah 50K and half marathon event is taking one small step toward closing the wage gap

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Debunking various theories currently floating around the Internet

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In a time when so many brands are marketing to women in smart ways, the body-shaming fliers that sparked major blowback in Missoula felt especially tasteless

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Here's how to gently tell your friends that you're good with ramen all week, thanks

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Prepare for lots of screaming (most of it from Adam Ondra)

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As a child, Cody Sheehy made headlines when he vanished into the freezing wilderness of Northeast Oregon, making it out safely after 18 hours of determined slogging. Retracing his steps 32 years later, Sheehy says that getting lost was one of the best life lessons he ever had.

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There's no place like home, and that's a good thing

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Waiting in the wings is an even worse swamp monster—oil and gas lobbyist David Bernhardt

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In which we unplug a generation of screen-addicted kids from their devices, give them freedom to roam (unsupervised!), help them make friends with animals, and show them that we, too, love to play outside

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The free soloist hopes that these four books will teach you something about the world

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Shopping for yet another trinket is hard. Sharing a memory-making experience is much easier.

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A Nebraska-based photographer is bringing positivity and drag culture to the great outdoors—in six-inch heels

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An ode to those who can't sit still

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We need to stop selling bicycles on environmentalism. We ride because it's fun, healthy, cheap, and practical—and because it annoys people who drive.

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We’ve partnered with Portland, Oregon’s Pickathon Music Festival to showcase some of the year’s best new music.

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Being outdoorsy is not without its risks. If I could travel through time, here's some of the advice I'd give my (seemingly) immortal and (definitely) ignorant 20-year-old self.

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Three key takeaways from yesterday’s vote

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Saving a life is as easy as checking for cyclists. So naturally nobody does it.

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We have 22 years until we're in a significant global crisis. Show your kids how to implement these simple planet-friendly household changes now.

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Your last Instagram picture DOESN'T have a seventh wonder in it? How... quaint.

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The books, movies, podcasts, music, and more that our editors couldn't stop talking about

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Sansho, an eight-year-old Karelian bear dog, was a magnificent serial killer, mentor, and friend

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Moose encounters are growing far more common and more dangerous

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‘Wildland’ follows a crew of firefighters as they battle enormous blazes in an effort to reset their lives

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So don't beat yourself up about it

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