Tag: National parks
Don’t hike so close to me: How the presence of humans...
Jeremy Dertien, Clemson University ; Courtney Larson, University of Wyoming, and Sarah Reed, Colorado State University
Millions of Americans...
Conservation Ecology National parks California Land management Archives Wildfires
Emily Lin, University of California, Merced
Editor’s note: As wildfires came dangerously close to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in September 2020, the curator...
National parks – even Mount Rushmore – show that there’s more...
Jennifer Ladino, University of Idaho
July 4th will be quieter than usual this year, thanks to COVID-19. Many U.S. cities are canceling fireworks displays to...
Trump’s border wall threatens an Arizona oasis with a long, diverse...
Jared Orsi, Colorado State University
A few hundred yards from the Mexican border in southern Arizona lies a quiet pond, about the size of two...
E-bikes are coming to federally owned trails: 4 questions answered
John Freemuth, Boise State University
Editor’s note: In August, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced an order stating that electric bicycles will be allowed on all...
Visiting national parks could change your thinking about patriotism
Jennifer Ladino, University of Idaho
When I took a post-college job as a seasonal ranger at Grand Teton National Park 23 years ago, I noticed...
Grand Canyon National Park turns 100: How a place once called...
Stephen Pyne, Arizona State University
Few sights are as instantly recognizable, and few sites speak more fully to American nationalism. Standing on the South Rim...
To preserve US national parks in a warming world, reconnect fragmented...
Stephen Nash, University of Richmond
The Trump administration’s decision to keep many U.S. national parks open during the current federal government shutdown, with few or...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
