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In our July feature Correspondent Leah Sottile shows how good plans go awry with her feature on how a locally supported rails-to-trails project in Yamhill County, Oregon, got derailed by politics. In Arizona, landscapes sacred to Indigenous people are sacrificed to mine valuable minerals. In California, a rural community has waited years for safe drinking water, while farther north, the drought-stricken Klamath River’s salmon are dying for lack of water. Meanwhile, lockdown-weary Americans are...

This month, we look at how Westerners cope with wildfires: In Idaho, small towns clash with the Forest Service over how to manage the forest, while in Oregon, people left homeless by fires find refuge in a Medford hotel. Alaska Natives respond to food insecurity by building biomass-fueled greenhouses, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes announce a plan concerning the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. Water remains a perennial problem: Phoenix, Arizona, is outgrowing i...

At the heart of the Pacific Northwest, Portland is known for its outdoor attitude and sensational opportunities to get outside. No activity showcases this more than rock climbing.    With plenty of gyms in the area, the city boasts an impressive rock-climbing community that is as enjoyable as it is

If you wish to subscribe, click here. Current Issue May 1, 2021 The May issue takes us into little-known landscapes, from the Atascosa Highlands of Arizona, where a photographer and an ecologist are documenting biodiversity, to the concrete channels of the Los Angeles River, where people who lack housing fish and attempt to get by. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, a Chicano community wants an urban wildlife refuge to remain a haven for locals, while in Denver, second-graders say wolf reintroduction ...

Ride the Rockies Reflects Recreational Renaissance From Durangos Local Loop to Norwoods Dark Skies, Classic Bike Tour Confirms Vacation Trends News provided by Share this article Share this article DENVER, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cycling buffs around America are giddy in anticipation of the 35 th Annual Ride the Rockies bicycling classic June 13-18, starting in Durango with overnight stops in Cortez, Norwood and Ridgway. After 2020s covid cancellation, 2,000 expectant riders and their s...

On Tuesday, April 13, Emory & Henry held a ribbon cutting to officially recognize three new exercise trails on campus.

For your information Spring 2021 Updates: The College will remain in Phase 4 of its re-opening plan through the end of the 2020-21 academic year Read More Geissler Awarded Prestigious Internship April 7, 2021 For Kyra Geissler, she grew up in Chicago, fascinated by the area’s forest preserve. The trees, the green, the ability to get out and walk the trails. “I thought I was in the wild world,” said Geissler, a biology and environmental studies double major. “It ...

For your information Spring 2021 Updates: The College will remain in Phase 4 of its re-opening plan through the end of the 2020-21 academic year Read More Students Take Lead with Community Garden March 9, 2021 It was a brisk February afternoon. The sun was out, but the wind was blowing. That didn’t stop more than a dozen College of Idaho students from volunteering some time to clean up the Eco-House community garden on Oak Street, across from the J.A. Albertson Activi...

KNBN NewsCenter1 February 28, 2021 DEERFIELD LAKE, S.D. — For the eighth year, the Club for Boys hit Deerfield Lake for “Hooked on Hardwater.” The event is about mentorship and giving back. Every year since 2012, Rapid City’s Club for Boys has paired young boys ages six to 17 with professional ice fishermen for some ice fishing lessons through the “Hooked on Hardwater” program. 60 boys are paired with 60 pros. The goal? To build bridges with young boys, many of whom have no role mod...

February 2, 2021 (Press Staff Photo by Kendra Milligan) Simon Sotelo with New Mexico Wild leads a hike last year on the West Fork of the Gila River in the Gila National Forest. The New Mexico Tourism Department released a data dashboard last week to help New Mexicans understand the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the state’s tourism industry on the county level, while making the prediction that, without state intervention, the state’s tourism economy would take up to seven years to recov...