Asian tourists look for space, spectacles and a decent bowl of noodles.
Recreation
Posted inApril 10, 2015: Strangers in a Strange Land
On the road with America’s sightseers
A photographer looks at three decades of tourism.
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Who should manage Grand Teton’s private inholdings?
A dead wolf and jurisdictional confusion in an iconic national park.
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Lifties and ski patrol go head to head in Telluride
It’s a Telluride tradition: the annual St. Patrick’s Day lifties versus ski patrol softball game. To understand the magnitude of this yearly matchup, it’s important to understand the social dynamic of these two groups in any ski town. Ski patrol is full of alpha males and females, talented and aggressive skiers—in general only skiers—who have […]
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How ‘amenity migrants’ push out locals
Communities once sustained by local labor now rely on stock market dividends.
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Sportsmen’s bill aims to open inaccessible public lands
The bill’s prospects appear bright despite congressional gridlock.
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An international street artist goes tagging in Joshua Tree
The latest in a string of graffiti incidents in national parks.
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A murky bill for national park waterways
A Yellowstone paddling bill raises hopes, suspicions.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
Wilderness as therapist
A growing number of veterans and researchers are racing to understand nature’s power to heal.
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National forests to decide where snowmobiles are welcome
A new rule requires the government to specify areas for winter motorized users.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
Private property blocks access to public lands
Public lands belong to everyone. But private landowners can make it hard to get to them.
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Hunters and anglers organize against land transfers
Sixty-nine percent of hunters in the 11 Western states rely on public lands for the sport.
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After a ski patroller’s death, a flurry of questions
Forest Service permitting issues complicate a southwestern Colorado tragedy
Posted inDecember 22, 2014: The Dust Detectives
Descent into an ice-age bonebed in Wyoming
The giant pit may hold clues about the demise of the West’s ancient megafauna.
Posted inDecember 22, 2014: The Dust Detectives
Six decades of river exploration
Review of “Downstream Toward Home” by Oliver A. Houck.
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Wyoming grapples with how to fund wildlife conservation
Hunters may lose influence as other groups are asked to increase their contributions.
Posted inNovember 10, 2014: Fallout
‘Poverty with a view,’ in the rearview
I spent my 20s in some of the most beautiful towns in the West.
Posted inOctober 27, 2014: Defuse the West
An expedition along the imperiled Rio Grande
The river’s future may include longer droughts, larger floods and shrinking snowpack.
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Obama declares new national monument in the mountains above Los Angeles
Trails, campgrounds and wildlands will qualify for federal funding for improvements.
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Colorado’s river economy worth $9 billion
Outdoor recreation businesses say state water plan must do more to protect rivers.