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The Ultrasonic Tool That Turns You Into Batman
I’ve always liked the idea of being an amateur naturalist—someone who could name trees and flowers and identify birds by their call. But birders always intimidated me, and the more plant guides I read,...
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The Dollars and Sense of Drilling in ANWR
The Senate is expected to vote on the tax reform package shortly after the Thanksgiving break. If gifting massive tax breaks to the wealthy and amputating Obamacare weren’t controversial enough, the...
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Bee Still My Heart
Bee venom is similar to a rattlesnake’s. It rapidly disperses in your tissue, and when you're stung the pain you feel is a combination of proteins and peptides attacking your cell membranes. Each sting...
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The Fight for Public Land in Montana's Crazy Mountains
In the fall of 2016, Rob Gregoire, a hunter and nearly life-long Montanan, won a state lottery for a permit to take a trophy elk in the Crazy Mountains, which rise from the plains about 60 miles north...
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Seeking the Lost Art of Growing Old with Intention
Great lives often begin amid tumult and suffering. Seventy years ago, long before Bernd Heinrich became one of history’s fastest ultramarathoners, and ages before his scientific studies on ravens made...
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The Government Is Botching Another Bundy Trial
Last week, the judge overseeing the trial of Cliven Bundy, his sons Ammon and Ryan, and a militia leader named Ryan Payne unexpectedly sent the jury home. She had already called a hearing and released...
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Like Ducks? Thank a Hunter.
If you don’t have a positive opinion of hunting it’s because you don’t know enough about it. Nowhere does that ring more true than in the case of ducks. These animals thrive in North America today for...
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Why Did the DOI Kill the North Cascades Grizzly Plan?
Getting to the lower 48’s second-largest swath of prime grizzly bear habitat takes less than an hour by car from Seattle. The North Cascades Ecosystem begins at Interstate 90 and stretches north into...
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So the Government Shuts Down. Now What?
What does the federal government shutdown mean for your weekend plans or vacation? The answer: it’s complicated. As the government’s funding ends amid partisan wrangling, some federal lands and...
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This Isn’t the End of the Eastern Cougar
News that the eastern cougar has gone extinct is capturing headlines today. That’s a bit misleading, as the subspecies was actually officially declared extinct in 2011, and it's probably been totally...
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The New Rules of Leave No Trace
Introduced in the 1960s by the U.S. Forest Service, the Leave No Trace principles began as educational guidelines to help visitors behave ethically and sustainably when recreating outdoors. The seven...
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The Making of an Unforgettable 'Blue Planet II' Scene
It took four years of research and millions of dollars to deliver the stunning visuals of Blue Planet II. The BBC show began playing in the United States on January 20 and will air new episodes every...
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How Animals Kill People: By the Numbers
There are a lot of different ways animals can kill you, whether it’s through a bite, a sting, or a kick. Every six years or thereabouts, the scientific journal Wilderness and Environmental Medicine...
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I Own Eight Guns and Still Hate the NRA
I love hunting, and I really like guns. So it might sound to you like I’m the kind of red-blooded American who would support the NRA (or be supported by it). But in fact, it’s the opposite. Let me tell...
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Is North American Wildlife Management Science-Based?
Several years ago, some wildlife researchers had concerns about the highly controversial trophy hunting of grizzly bears in British Columbia. The B.C. government said that the management and harvest of...
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Are the Leaders of the NPS, FWS, and BLM Illegitimate?
Before he took over as acting director of the National Park Service, P. Daniel Smith was best known for helping a billionaire chop down some trees on federal land. According to an internal report,...
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Krystle Wright Captures the Magic of the Ocean
Photo Gallery: Krystle Wright Captures the Magic of the Ocean “It’s amazing how the water color changes between the different oceans,” Wright says. She photographed these sperm whales while diving in...
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The Adventure Traveler's Brief Guide to India
Get There Before 2014, the process for procuring a tourist visa to visit India was a bureaucratic nightmare. But now there’s a streamlined system in place: simply fill out the application online, then...
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The 25 Trips You Need to Take This Year
Leavenworth, Washington (Garret Van Swearingen) Westport, Washington (Diana Pulido) Washington In 2017, two Seattle-based surfers turned a mid-century motor lodge in the coastal town of Westport into...
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The Average Driver Is More Deadly Than a Rabid Coyote
While New York City may not be a storied recreational cycling paradise, it’s probably a much better place to ride than you think it is. I consider myself fortunate to have a variety of compelling...
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