Nature
REI Pledges to Advocate for the Places We Love
“We just lost millions of acres of protected land,” REI said in a recent statement. “But we remain united as a community.” Several other major ...
Jon Jonckers
January 18, 2018
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Cryptic, Cold-Loving Ice Crawlers
You may not see them if you’re skiing the groomers; but, venture off-piste at night, and you might catch a glimpse of these cryptic, cold-loving ...
Matt Jones
December 13, 2017
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Kalispel Tribe Receives Grant to Help Caribou
The US Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Kalispel Tribe $96,000 through a Tribal Wildlife Grant to help fund the South Selkirk Mountain Caribou Maternal ...
Jon Jonckers
December 9, 2017
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Biomimicry: Learning from Nature for a Better Future
Janine Benyus wanted to capture how processes in the natural world had inspired sustainable solutions to complicated design challenges, so she authored the book Biomimicry: ...
Summer Hess
September 21, 2017
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Conservationists Work to Protect Whitebark Pine on Kettle Crest
In 2015, the Colville National Forest (CNF) signed the Whitebark Pine Enhancement Project decision that uses vegetation management, prescribed burning, and other methods to help ...
Jon Jonckers
August 17, 2017
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The Plants and Creatures That Beautify Our States
Regardless of who holds office in Washington D.C., citizens of the United States tend to have a deep sense of pride in their cities, states, ...
S. Michal Bennett
July 17, 2017
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A Bird and a Baby: Confessions of a Sage Grouse Conservationist
Why are the things that leave us shaking and wide-eyed with fear or adrenaline the very things that define us and that we often love ...
Crystal Atamian
June 26, 2017
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North Cascade Grizzly Bears Could Get a Boost
A century of commercial trapping, habitat loss, and unregulated hunting eradicated grizzlies from 98% of their original range in the contiguous U.S. Here in the ...
Crystal Atamian
May 10, 2017
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Sustainability: Co-Housing Goes Urban
Not quite a commune and more than a traditional village, “cohousing” or “intentional communities” aim to provide both the autonomy of a private home with ...
Out There Outdoors
April 1, 2006
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