The author of “A Wolf Called Wander” recommends titles old and new, fantastical and true, that celebrate the natural world.

As summer approaches, millions of Americans begin planning or taking trips to state and national parks, seeking to explore the wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities across the nation. A lot ...

As the British-American poet, T.S. Eliot, said, “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can ...

Boerigter about protecting wilderness by purposefully “tending it,” the best approach to the overall stewardship of federally designated wilderness managed in the United States is to do as the 1964 ...

Alaska: At 20,320 feet, Denali is the tallest mountain in North America. Alaska has more wilderness areas than the rest of the United States put together. Click through the gallery for more beautiful ...

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act by exploring some of America’s wildest places, from remote windswept tundras to cactus-dotted mountains to serene rock-strewn beaches. Several ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “wilderness”? Take a minute. Do you think of solitude or camaraderie? Of adventure or relaxation? Of wide-open spaces or deep down and forested places? Do ...

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Wilderness seasons are bewildering and lonely. Sometimes it’s easy to identify how you arrived in a desolate place—down paths with names like Diagnosis, or Loss, or Depression. Other times you find ...