News & More
This week, on Thursday, August 25, the National Park Service will celebrate its centennial. This year has been filled with campaigns and events to commemorate our shared and cherished public lands. But underneath all the festivities lies a dark shadow.
Travel Tales
The quietest place you may ever experience is next to a little pond off the Forest Trail in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. Hiking there just a couple of weeks ago, I found myself feeling a little unsettled without quite knowing why.
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador is making significant strides in a progressive approach toward conservation and diversity. In March, President Correa designated an additional 15,000 square miles of water surrounding the Galapagos Islands to the marine reserve. Until recently, only a meager one percent of the Islands’ surrounding waters were protected.
Nature & Wildlife
Under water, on land and in the air, few countries on the planet have the readily accessible wildlife diversity of Belize. And if you take into account the fact that it is one of the smallest countries in the world, arguably nowhere else can compare.
Conservation
The Galapagos Islands, the inspiration behind Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, are in the midst of environmental stress as climate change continues to threaten fragile island ecosystems.
News & More
It seems so simple. If there’s a sign warning you of danger and to “Keep Out,” you should.
Videos
Father’s Day is June 19 this year; and although my father is no longer with us, every year on this special day I reflect on some of the many things he taught and told me.
News & More
With our warming climate, some plants are managing to hitch a ride to Antarctica. Will they colonize and thereby change the continent?
News & More
It’s the day after Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer season. While the summer solstice is still a ways to go—June 20—after Memorial Day, vacations start and movie production companies bring out what they hope will be their “summer blockbusters.”
News & More
Scarface is dead. Otherwise known as Bear No. 211, the Yellowstone National Park bruin was shot and killed just outside the park in Gallatin National Forest in November 2015. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed the death just two weeks ago, on April 25, 2016.
Conservation
When President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service on August 25, 1916, I doubt he anticipated that one of the statute’s words would cause a lot of controversy 100 years later.
Travel Tales
It was our first evening at EcoCamp Patagonia when we saw it—our first puma. Relaxing on a cool evening, a female puma lay at the bottom of a large hill directly below camp.
