Environment

The Everglades Need More Fresh Water. Here’s What’s Being Done to Help.

Wildfires and Beetles Are Plaguing Our Forests. But We’re Not Powerless.

All Jokes Aside, New Comedy Video Series Tackles Important Environmental Issues

Landscape Architecture Is All About Finding Balance with Nature

This Farmer Has Been Working to Revive California’s San Joaquin River for over 65 Years

A New Film Encourages Viewers to Voice Support for Tongass National Forest

A Mesmerizing Drone Film of Water and Land Intertwined

A Solitary Whale in Search of Connection

Ultrarunning Through Wyoming’s Longest Migration Corridors

The Future of Oregon’s Wild and Scenic River System

This Boy Wants to Save the World from Plastic

Preserving Washington’s Shrub-Steppe

Light Painting Under the Night Sky

Mother Earth Confronts the Human Race

The Klamath River Is the Lifeblood of the Yurok Tribe

Using SUPs to Deliver a Plastic-Free Future

It’s Time for Mountain Bikers to Step Up

How Fire Suppression Made California Fires Worse

Climate Change Is Real. Jeremy Jones Wants to Prove It.

Why California’s Wildfires Have Gotten So Bad
Wildfires and Beetles Are Plaguing Our Forests. But We’re Not Powerless.
The film ‘Usufruct’—a word that means the right to enjoy something—emphasizes how part of enjoying public lands entails working not to destroy them, and what we can do to mitigate such loss.
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Sarah Sturm, Evan Green, and Dillon Osleger recently set out on an unusual kind of bikepacking trip near Durango, Colorado. While they typically like to ride on great trails with scenic views, this time they wanted to see how destructive beetles and forest fires are impacting biking trails and nearby neighborhoods, so they cycled through beetle-kill areas and burn zones.
Beetles have caused significant damage to forests across the U.S., burrowing into tree bark and laying their eggs, which disrupt the flow of nutrients to the roots. Warmer winters and summers, due to climate change, are worsening beetle outbreaks, not to mention affecting the length and severity of wildfire season.
The film Usufruct—a word that means the right to enjoy something—emphasizes how part of enjoying public lands entails working not to destroy them, and what we can do to mitigate such loss. Usufruct is produced by Andy Cochrane and directed by Cochrane and Adam Wells.