Public Lands

Wildfire-killed trees are some of the most important structures in a forest. So why are they still being logged?

Black people like nature, too. But you wouldn’t know it from looking at outdoor magazines — at least not before Outdoor Afro got started.

Conservation groups rush to preserve camps across the United States as some properties sell to the highest bidder. Will they succeed?

Even protected places face threats from climate change and encroaching development. 

But there are steps we can take to bring nature to our communities and empower them to protect it.

Can state agencies ensure conservation when hunters pay the bills and ranchers determine wildlife policy?

Writers like Kim Stanley Robinson, Barry Lopez, Sy Montgomery and others celebrate the fragile beauty of this modern world — and address how to help save it.

Ten bills in Congress would add conservation protections to 7,000 miles of river to safeguard drinking water, biodiversity and recreation.

Policymakers can’t hide behind a lack of research anymore when it comes to enacting meaningful conservation measures to protect dwindling wolverine populations.

A new study looked at a group of forest lands that hold big conservation potential but aren’t adequately protected.