A national survey shows people don’t give a hoot if wilderness areas give an economic boost to tourist towns like Aspen. They like wilderness lands for what they do for nature. A recent survey showed ...

Apr. 29—Dorothy Molter (aka "The Root Beer Lady") lived alone in the Boundary Waters wilderness for more than 56 years, but was certainly not "the loneliest woman in America," as the Saturday Evening ...

Would you reply to a help wanted ad like this: volunteers needed to help preserve, maintain and protect the wilderness areas in Eagle and Summit counties. Pay is nonexistent, but the working ...

One day this fall, I lay on my back listening to a nearby stream. The ground was hard and a little lumpy, but felt good. It took me a moment to adjust, to slow down, to have no agenda, to quiet my ...

In the late 90s, Laura Tyson noticed a major issue in the outdoor industry—it was decidedly male-centric. After doing some research, she realized that while there were plenty of programs that offered ...

After wildland fires destroyed the trails of a little-known wilderness, people said they'd never be rebuilt. One young couple refused to accept that answer. Gabe Howe stands at the trailhead of ...

As a 13-year-old backpacking with my dad, I’ll never forget the contentment I felt as I hiked up the rocky trail alongside the raging Hunter Creek. From that first backpacking trip in 1973, I fell in ...

In some ways, Victoria Livschitz is a study in contradictions. On the one hand she’s a dedicated outdoor recreationist, having backpacked and hiked across North America and around the world. On the ...

In the summer of 2014, I sat down with Deschutes National Forest Supervisor John Allen and expressed my growing concern about changes I was seeing in some of my favorite places in the Three Sisters ...

A city girl who used to live in San Francisco driving a convertible and wearing designer clothes has revealed how she gave it all up to live in the African bush with the man she loves. Noelle Herzog, ...