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Where The Silence Still Holds – For Now
Far from paved roads and close to extinction
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Jim Pattiz
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California's Last Great Grassland
An explosion of color, an untouched landscape, and the horrifying scars that threaten its borders.
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Will Pattiz
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More Than Just Parks
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Our Public Lands Are Being Set Up to Fail
DOI, NPS, & USFS Layoffs Will Cause Chaos—And That’s the Point
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Jim Pattiz
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Public Lands News 2/13
Logging Nightmares, BLM Woes, Tongass Debates, Hope for Ocmulgee Mounds, and more.
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Will Pattiz
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More Than Just Parks
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Deserted Trails, No Lines, and a Sky Big Enough for Everyone
Where the desert feels infinite and the crowds are nowhere to be found
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Will Pattiz
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More Than Just Parks
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The Ten Most Spectacular National Park Sunsets We've Ever Seen
...and we've seen hundreds! These are the bucket list sunsets everyone should see.
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Will Pattiz
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Jim Pattiz
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Public Lands News
The Blitz on America's Public Lands Continues
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Jim Pattiz
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More Than Just Parks
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Dear Summer: More Bison, Less People. Thanks.
In my travels, crowds are optional.
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Jim Pattiz
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More Than Just Parks
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January 2025

After a Decade of Hiking National Parks, These Are the 10 Trails Worth A Detour
More than a decade in the making, thousands of miles, and countless trails—these 10 stand above the rest.
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Will Pattiz
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Jim Pattiz
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Snow. Friend or Foe?
I'm Still Not Sure About Snow....
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Jim Pattiz
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More Than Just Parks
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Public Lands News Round Up 1/22
Land swaps, helicopter rescues, Alaska threats, a new luxury hotel on the Virgin River, and good old fashion congressional welching.
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Will Pattiz
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More Than Just Parks
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The Last Frontier
The War on Public Lands Begins in Alaska
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Jim Pattiz
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