Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Conservation

    Tell a River's Conservation Story Through Photography

    Jul 8, 2015 · WWF

    It was barely dawn. We huddled amongst hard, orange rocks of Zion National Park, listening carefully to the trickle of water of that once carved its way through the canyon. Peter, as usual, took a long look through his lens before taking the picture.

  • Travel Tales

    Travel Tale: High Hopes in the Southwest Canyons

    Feb 12, 2015 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Say the words “American West” and right away you imagine vast, open plains, deep canyons and starting over. What is it about going West that has always meant hope in the American psyche, as if a new beginning could be had just by heading in a certain compass direction?

  • News & More

    Do National Park Crowds Breed Advocates—or Build Annoyance?

    Feb 10, 2015 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    A trip to Denali National Park is a journey into wild America at its best. This six-million-acre landscape is bisected by only one, 92-mile ribbon of road. Travel along it, and you’ll see low-elevation, taiga forest morph into high, alpine tundra. It all culminates in North America’s tallest peak: the 20,310-foot Denali.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Are Off-the-Grid Getaways Becoming Obsolete?

    Jun 11, 2013 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I’d like to tell you that I just returned from a totally off-the-grid vacation. Somehow, I feel more adventurous when I say that to you. I’d like to tell you that, but it wouldn’t exactly be true.

  • Travel Tales

    Jon Krakauer and Me

    Apr 6, 2010 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The “Recommended Packing List” in my Pre-Departure Briefing booklet for the Grand Canyon, Bryce and Zion trip suggested I bring the usual gear: everything from a wool sweater and polypropylene long underwear to a pair of shorts and Teva-style sandals.