Jan 15, 2019
A Film for Freeride Snowboarders
‘Closer,’ from rider Antti Autti and director Iisakki Kennila, is an ode to endless freeride pow laps
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Jan 15, 2019
The Obsessive Quest of High Pointers
Some of the world's most passionate athletes are high pointers, climbers who will do anything to reach the tallest point in every state, county, or whatever other designation they can dream up. A lot of those peaks aren't so tall—like Delaware's 447.85-foot Ebright Azimuth—but there's plenty of challenge in this quest. Just ask John Mitchler, who had knocked off everything on his dream list except the tallest spot in a remote U.S. territory: Agrihan.
Jan 14, 2019
Studying Mule Deer Migration in Wyoming
In Red Desert, Wyoming, wildlife-biology student Anna Ortega is studying mule deer after their 150-mile migration
Jan 12, 2019
The Volunteers Cleaning Our Parks During the Shutdown
Hundreds of people from the Everglades to Yosemite have mobilized as part of a grassroots effort to rid national parks of refuse while federal employees remain furloughed
Jan 11, 2019
Trump’s Wall Fight Will Worsen California Wildfires
The shutdown is hampering fire prevention efforts in the state, even while the President looks to disaster-relief funds for his wall
Jan 10, 2019
"It’s Bizarro Land": Joshua Tree Will Remain Open
Plus, a new protocol will make it more difficult for other parks to close during the shutdown
Jan 8, 2019
Was the Ocean Cleanup Just a Pipe Dream?
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
Jan 8, 2019
Lessons Learned on the Pacific Crest Trail
This summer at the southern terminus of the PCT, photographer Ian Tuttle asked a bunch of thru-hikers why they were hiking. Months later and 2,591 miles to the north, he found some of them again and asked what they’d learned about themselves. Turns out, six months in the wilderness is a pretty good crash course in philosophy.
Jan 8, 2019
Interior Remains Open for Business—for Oil Companies
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