The Sunshine Protection Act wants to do away with changing the clocks. Naturally, we got to talking about how the shift might affect our outdoorsing.

Joey Santore is a tattooed ex-punk who is self-taught in the sciences. Which might explain why he’s getting so many people to care about plants.

As a landscape architect, Ryley Thiessen understands that finding balance is key

Cities like Jackson, Wyoming, and Natick, Massachusetts, have hired officials to protect the local environment

In an apparent attempt to sidestep high-density housing, Woodside, California, a wealthy neighborhood just outside Silicon Valley, claimed it was habitat for mountain lions. The backlash was swift.

The ‘wiwinu,’ or huckleberry, is a traditional food for the Indigenous Warm Springs tribe of north-central Oregon

Like other bodies of water throughout the western U.S., the San Joaquin has suffered from a decade of drought. It’s also been heavily dammed and is one of the most diverted rivers in California.

The ROI Act will give rural communities the money they need to develop outdoor recreation economies

A site with images that date back 8,000 years was spray-painted with racist slurs and symbols, among other graffiti

Mangroves, specifically their roots, play an important role in the ecosystem as a breeding and feeding ground for many commercial fish that thousands of people rely on as a food source

The move may kill a controversial copper-nickel mining project located close to the protected wilderness

What’s happening in the coastal village of Xcalak is a lesson in community partnership

All over America’s ancient eastern mountains, there’s an organism that lives underground, tethered to tree roots, waiting to be hunted. It’s among the world’s rarest and most expensive foods, and it grows in a wide range of conditions. But there’s only one guy in the country who really knows how to find it. Rowan Jacobsen joins him in the search for the Appalachian truffle.

Today the Tongass is the last national forest in the United States where old-growth trees are clear-cut

The incident in December is the latest incident of vandalism to ancient Native artifacts

Climate expert Daniel Swain explains how a convergence of climate change, urban sprawl, and extreme weather fueled the costliest wildfire in state history

Yes, things are very bad, but there are some glimmers of hope for making meaningful progress

Heather Hansman shares the books and films that have helped her slow down and reflect amid the turmoil of 2021

BLM’s first confirmed director in five years talks about access, equity, and the future of public land in the West