Before you sleep on the ground, read this
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What fun: You’re going on a guided outdoor trip. As you get ready, here are some tips from actual guides…
Backpackers in the White Goat Wilderness, Alberta, Canada
MoreDitch “inefficiencies” give us wetlands
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Imagine Westerners waking up one morning only to discover that many of their most cherished wetlands have dried up, gone….
Since 1917, five generations have lived along the Animas Consolidated Ditch outside of Durango, CO, Patty Zink pictured, courtesy Dave Marston
MoreAn ugly tower threatens Bears Ears National Monument
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My Navajo homeland is the great expanse of land between four sacred mountains in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah….
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