Emigrant Peak in the Custer-Gallatin National Forest (Photo by Jacob Frank | National Park Service | Flickr). Most of us with long ties to Park County, Montana, cherish our landscapes and the fish and ...

For the last two months, my office has been in the burn zones, alpine vistas, cow-filled meadows and log-strewn trails of the Weminuche Wilderness. As a member of the San Juan Mountains Association’s ...

The World Heritage Convention is already used to protect many wilderness areas around the globe, but there are significant gaps in protection, especially in large, intact wilderness areas. Two of 24 ...

California, a state often renowned for its scenic natural beauty, offers many enchanting forests, including this absolutely ...

“The amazing thing about the Bob Marshall is, as large as it is, it’s surrounded by significant large landscapes with no guarantee they’ll remain the way they are,” said Zack Porter of the Montana ...

Boyce Upholt is a New Orleans–based freelance writer. He won the 2019 James Beard Media Award in investigative journalism and is currently writing a book about the Mississippi River for W. W. Norton.

As founder and field director of Paragon Guides, which has been leading visitors into the backcountry in our area since 1978, we are writing in support for the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign. This ...

Part of what defines Colorado’s Western Slope is the expansive landscapes and regions where wildlife roam free, backcountry recreation opportunities abound and cultural artifacts of the state’s ...

The great purpose is to set aside a reasonable part of the vanishing wilderness, to make certain that generations of Americans yet unborn will know what it is to experience life on undeveloped, ...