Taggart-Bradley Lakes (WY)
The Taggart & Bradley Lakes Download Highlights: Great views of the Tetons for moderate effort, two glacial lakes, wildlife. Travel Time (from Urban Centers to Park/Trailhead): Twenty-five minutes from Jackson, Wy. Nearby Supplies and Gas: Moose (2.8 miles). Difficulty: There is some moderate climbing, via...
Bierstadt Lake (CO)
The Bierstadt Lake Download Highlights: Peeks of peaks, view of Sprague Lake & Continental Divide, beautiful glacial lake, some wildlife. Travel Time (from Urban Centers to Park/Trailhead): Slightly under two hours from Denver. Nearby Supplies and Gas: Estes Park (10 miles northeast). Difficulty: There is...
A Sense of Belonging
An intern finds her identity celebrated in the National Park Service When I first applied for an internship with the In My Backyard program in the National Park Service, it seemed almost impossible for someone like me to join. As a young woman born and...
A Monumental Plan
In San Gabriel Mountains, a Monument Designation is Only a Start Much of Los Angelesβ remaining open space lies outside the city in the mountains above. It is visible from porches, schoolyards and freeways β and only minutes away β but for many the distance...
National Park Gateway Cities
Everyone should consider gateway cities as an essential part of any national park visit. They can be are everything from your basecamp, your respite spot, your supply stop, a place to kill time between hikes or a place that, on its own merits, is a...
Japanese American Exclusion
When the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial was little more than a clearing in a forest on Puget Sound, among its first visitors was a cacophonous murder of crows. On March 30, 2002, about 750 people came to mark the 60th anniversary of the...
Ryan Hudson’s Mountaintop
Professional Snowboarder uses nature to overcome adversities Valentines with Ryan Hudson The Mountaineers Tue., Feb 14, 7 p.m. 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle 98115 Click Here for Tickets Nearly four years ago, Ryan Hudson was so close to the top of 20,310-foot Denali, he...
National Parks Landscapes
Arguably, it is the iconic landscapes that draw us to our national parks, and move us to preserve them. No matter where I went during a year of reporting on the National Park Service centennial, the shining seas and purple mountains majesty always moved me....
Music, Culture Scale Border Wall
By George B. SΓ‘nchez-Tello Photos by Marco Loera The musicians stand in a circle bisected by a steel wall. Divided, they play together: strumming acoustic instruments, singing call and response verses, and dancing in a communal celebration called fandango. Staged at Friendship Park, outside San...
National Parks People
During a year reporting on national parks, I either accompanied, encountered or befriended a lot of people. They ranged from family and journalist colleagues to the rangers who interpret and steward the lands. Clicking on an image will launch a full-sized viewer.
Video: Womxn’s March
This video shows powerful and emotional scenes from the Seattle Womxn’s March on Jan. 21, 2017, part of a national network of such marches that day. The number of marchers was estimated as between 130,000 and 175,000, making it one of the largest in the...
A Year in National Parks
Lots to Contemplate When Not Focused Only on Iconic Landscapes When the log footbridge across Colonial Creek came into view, I breathed a sigh. It initially was of relief, until I noted that the creek was roiling and swollen enough to slap furiously against the...
