Sometimes a quiet moment outdoors can inspire so much more. Blackened trees fill the valley before us, stubborn Douglas fir refusing to give in to the previous summer’s wildfire. On a faraway horizon, ...

Deciding what, exactly, constitutes a wilderness in the ocean is not completely figured out, though some researchers are trying to find an answer. Talia Cohen Anyone who’s ventured beyond the sight of ...

POTRILLO MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, N.M. — A new front has opened in the centuries-old battle over preserving federal lands in the West, with some advocates of a tighter border arguing that ...

Its elk and wolves are transplants, its fish are constantly managed, and humans have lived here for thousands of years—but the Gila Wilderness remains one of the country’s most spectacular landscapes.