Tag: National parks
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...
Listening to nature: How sound can help us understand environmental change
Garth Paine, Arizona State University
Our hearing tells us of a car approaching from behind, unseen, or a bird in a distant forest. Everything...
Restocking wolves on Isle Royale raises questions about which species get...
Mark Neuzil, University of St. Thomas and Eric Freedman, Michigan State University
Isle Royale is one of the most remote U.S. national parks. It stretches...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
