“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” ― William Shakespeare Parks change National parks aren’t static—they change right…
September 23rd is National Public Lands Day—a day to celebrate our amazing public land by getting involved in its preservation…
All that urgency! Not what the earth is about! How silent the trees, their poetry being of themselves only. I…
When we imagine national parks, the images are awe-inspiring: Gravity-defying sandstone arches, two-hundred-foot tall coastal redwoods, four hundred-mile long Kentucky…
By Christen and Erik Phillips “I want to see Mount Rainier In person.” My wife and I started planning this…
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”Ralph Waldo Emerson Several hundred feet below the continental divide, I paused…
Bret looking up at a Dawn Redwood (photo by Camden Stein) "The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create…
"A world without huge regions of total wilderness would be a cage; a world without lions and tigers and vultures…
“I think we can make it” are surely an adventurer’s last words. That’s what I told my friend Josie, as…
The following article reflects the personal beliefs of Bret. We respect all of our readers’ religious beliefs and this article…