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Irreparable Harm, from Wild Confluence films, investigates the impact of a local mine on a community's natural food sources.
Republicans from Ulysses S. Grant to George H.W. Bush have passed some of our most powerful environmental laws. Why did the party reverse course?
Is it even possible to reduce the number of massive blazes that are now commonplace in the American West?
Nominee Raymond David Vela seems to care about making our national parks more accessible
How do you protect yourself from wildfire on a warming planet? You burn everything on purpose.
‘The Night Zeus Was Angry’ is a timelapse film that features a lightning storm over the Baltic Sea.
Pioneers, the government, even John Muir helped kick out Native Americans from their homes on national parks. But in Yosemite, the Miwuk Tribe is getting its village back.
Last week, the Bureau of Land Management released plans that would have opened up thousands of acres of former national monuments to mining and drilling—despite Zinke's promises to the contrary
Seeds of Change profiles Dr. Cliff Kapono whose work is defining the future of stewardship in Hawaii.
Yosemite National Park closed for three weeks because of the blaze. Here's how much revenue the region lost because of that.
‘120 Seconds to Change the World’ features Director of the Okapi Conservation Project, Rosmarie Ruf.
Despite promises from the president and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, the BLM wants to open up hundreds of thousands of acres in Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments for companies to drill and mine
As Wyoming prepares for the first grizzly hunt in the lower 48 in decades, at least two protesters won tags they say they won't use. Will their strategy work?
Golf courses! Water parks! Man-made lakes! If Utah has its way, the retiree oasis of St. George will explode with growth, turning red rock to bluegrass and slaking its thirst with a new billion-dollar pipeline from the Colorado River.
At 475 square miles, the Mendocino Complex Fire is the size of Phoenix
If you've only been following the drama of Scott Pruitt and his replacement at the EPA, you only know half the story. Environmental regulations are under attack all across America, and the siege is just beginning.
Turns out you can't believe everything you read on Trump's Twitter feed
This film showcases the story of Kentucky native Joe Bowen’s change of heart regarding the protection of the Red River Gorge.
All three of the state's major blazes are making rare pyrocumulus clouds right now
Keeping an eye on the interior secretary's latest ethical blunders and questionable public lands policies
A new bill would strip the president of designating new monuments in the state—an idea that has already come to fruition in Alaska and Wyoming
A new study polled western voters' views on the interior secretary, Trump's public lands agenda, and downsizing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
About 200 people were evacuated by ATV and helicopter last week from a campground near the iconic falls
The president's decision wasn't an assessment of whether the Hammonds deserved their sentence or not, it was an endorsement of the Bundy family's movement
Photographer Pete McBride got front-row seats to the massive Lake Christine Fire as it nearly destroyed his 120-year-old home
Scientists discovered that the temperature of a patch of water on the other side of the world can help predict how dry winters will be in the Southwest
If you live through a strike, the recovery can be a confounding, bizarre journey that never really ends
Now that the mines have closed, the small towns of Emery County, Utah, are dreaming up an ambitious plan: A veritable outdoor playground with a new monument and more than half a million acres of designated wilderness. Can this scheme convince other towns to transition from extraction to recreation?
Broken pipes, crumbling walkways, closed trails—this is what the $11.6 billion maintenance backlog looks like on the ground
Some of the places most sought after by recreationists are also culturally, spiritually or economically vital to tribes. We need to honor that.
It's taken half a decade to iron out the logistics, and while White Sands National Monument has as good a chance as ever at becoming a park, it's not guaranteed.
After a spate of wildlife selfies and general landscape destruction, we put together our own set of guidelines for those lacking all human decency
Fire has always been a part of the landscape. The mistake we made was trying to stop it—something Florida never did.
Horses may get all the attention, but burros—aka wild donkeys—face the same threats of overpopulation and management issues on our public lands.
Photographer Camille Seaman has a viral TED Talk, a new book, and an uncanny knowledge of weather and storms.
Within a month, the remains of two people—one of them half-buried—were found inside the park's boundaries, a place with a storied relationship to death
Dan Wenk was a career Park Service official who was well-respected by Republicans and Democrats. But he made the mistake of disagreeing with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
In this scene from Blue Heart, the women of Kruscica village in Bosnia protest the development of a new dam on their beloved river.
A new study recommends that humans need to give animals time as well as space
This animated short from Your Forests Your Future and More Than Just Parks highlights the process behind this special designation.
The Democratic candidate and son of the Burt's Bees founder is seeking a win in Maine's rural 2nd District with a simple message: The recreation economy can bring back jobs
The secretary of the interior was once a loud supporter of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Now he wants to almost completely defund it.
If a high-profile volcano (think: Hawaii’s Kilauea) shows signs of instability, it’s Michael Poland’s job to reassure us that everything is going to be okay
A couple from Florida got sick of trekking into the backcountry only to contend with hordes of other people. So they embarked on a search for the most remote spots in every state.
Some see economic windfall. Others, a carbon bomb.
Political and journalistic pressure foiled Interior Department attempts to censor a climate report. Not surprisingly, its findings aren't good.
The meeting of the Little Colorado and Colorado is sacred to many Native American tribes. For years, a developer worked to build a 1.4-mile tram that would shuttle up to 10,000 daily visitors into the canyon. Activists in the Navajo Nation, however, were determined to defeat it.
Every day, hundreds of helicopters pass through the lower canyon from the Hualapai Reservation. Is Grand Canyon West turning into “Las Vegas East” and ruining the park’s wilderness? Or is it saving a Native American tribe?
Jason Nez studies something that's too often forgotten amid the awe-inspiring views and canyon walls: those who live there
The experts' take on what happened last Saturday when a mountain lion killed one cyclist and injured another outside of Seattle
The public's helping Colorado Parks and Wildlife crack down on the harassment of animals—one distressed moose at a time
It protects you from ticks, mosquitoes, and fleas, but it does come with risks
It's not just a hatred of the federal government that motivates the scofflaws—it's their deeply held faith
Proposition 68 aims to fund parks and outdoor spaces where it'll make the most difference—in urban areas. Will voters buy it?
Last February, 21-year-old Ronnie Ramon Huerta Jr. crashed his Ford 500 sedan into a pack of cyclists during the Palm Springs century. Here’s how the death of one rider, Mark Kristofferson, led to an exceptionally rare murder charge.
New Mexico's Bandelier National Monument holds clues to what may happen to forests affected by massive fires
The park police typically help keep the peace at urban monuments, but the Department of Interior is sending a group to the U.S.-Mexico border to chase smugglers. Sort of.
Tribes and Native-owned corporations are making huge profits by conserving their forests for carbon offset programs—an effort that could revolutionize conservation
The latest images, videos, and information from the scene
From the filmmakers at Tightloops Fly, Study To Be Quiet is an example of seeking stillness in every adventure.
Last December, when the Trump administration announced its decision to shrink Bears Ears National Monument, a crack team of Native American attorneys armed themselves with a lawsuit that ensured tribal voices will lead the legal battle to overturn it. Abe Streep reports on a historic case that will reverberate for generations.
Ngima Sherpa and Dendi Sherpa were hit by flying ice when a serac collapsed as they navigated the infamous route up Mount Everest. Theirs are the first major injuries of the season.
This summer, the First-Time Camper program aims to bring 65 families who have never camped before into the woods
As the alpha male of the first pack to live in Oregon since 1947, he was beloved by conservationists. Then he broke one too many rules.
He is one of the most scandal-plagued interior secretaries in history. But even so, he can probably get away with a lot more.
The Kauai resident puts the catastrophic damage into perspective, after rescuing 75 people himself
In the French Pyrenees mountains, artist Manu Topic balances rocks in majestic shapes along the Arros river.
Shots from Above shares how an experimental aircraft leads Chris Dahl-Bredine to some pretty experimental photos.
Researchers studied 1,500 Rocky Mountain forests that had been burned by wildfires. They found that most of the woods aren't recovering after the blaze—and in some cases, they're not returning at all. The culprit? A warming planet.
It’s All Yours features mountain athletes reflecting on why they stand up for national forests.
Amid the worst drought on record, the city has threatened to turn off the taps on its nearly 4 million residents. Our correspondent spent a week there while he could still get a shower.
She worked tirelessly with her husband to conserve one of the last wild places on earth. Since his tragic death, she's worked even harder.
The floor of the Grand Canyon is unlike any other place on earth.
Recent studies have arrived at the same blunt conclusion: the world’s last, big wildlands are disappearing at an alarming rate. Is there anything to be done?
Conservatives, liberals, 100,000 outraged public commenters—the interior secretary had trouble getting anyone behind his plan
How the mysterious disappearance of a boat in the Bering Sea changed Alaskan fishing
Don't bet on it. A recent media frenzy that linked the missing aviator to bones recovered long ago on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro missed a crucial point. She probably wasn't anywhere near the place.