Conservation
This was a banner year for our national parks. In 2016, we celebrated 100 years of America’s “best idea,” to quote environmentalist and nature writer Wallace Stegner. Many of us flocked to our national park units to honor and experience our shared, national treasures and lands.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a scene from Grand Teton National Park. Photographer Steve Grodin captured this moment between a bison mother and calf (also known as a “red dog”).
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a moose out at dawn. Photographer Jennifer Leigh Warner took this photo on a cold fall morning in Grand Teton National Park. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Alaska
In 2015, I had the privilege of joining an Ultimate Alaska Wildlife Photo Safari for a spectacular 14-day tour of Alaska’s natural highlights. This unique nature tour included stops in Anchorage, Kenai Fjords and Katmai National Park.
Conservation
This is the dirty fact I’ve come to recognize: we humans won’t allow wolves to live on our planet. We won’t stop until the last one of them is gone. If you don’t believe me, look at what’s happening in our own country. Then, look around the world.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a bull moose in Glacier National Park. Photographer Shannon Phifer watched the moose as he fed in the lake until it disappeared into the trees. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
News & More
Yosemite National Park is growing. Here, now, in 2016, that’s a statement I never thought I would be able to make.
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.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected coastal brown bears in Alaska. Photographer Brad Starry was fortunate to witness the tender moment between mom and her cubs on the beach. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
News & More
The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of the planet’s Seven Natural Wonders. More than a mile deep, the canyon runs for 277 river miles, which are protected as Grand Canyon National Park. If you’ve traveled there, you know that there is no landscape on Earth that is more astonishing.
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.
News & More
On the day before Father’s Day 2016, President Obama visited Yosemite National Park.
