Two Patagonia styles this season use bison hide. Grazing bison help restore prairie ecosystems, whereas grazing cattle can damage native grasses.
We spoke with fired public lands employees before they were reinstated. Here are their stories.
How Tommy Caldwell is reshaping his love for rock climbing by building relationships with Indigenous stewards of Bears Ears.
After the biggest year of his climbing career, Aidan Roberts reflects on a shifting focus from solitary performance to shared passion—and how, in reality, our best days contain both.
Climbers Zoe Hart and her husband, Maxime Turgeon, share wild nature and sport with their sons.
From accidental activists to a decade-long commitment, the Vjosa river has shaped the lives of two environmental campaigners from Albania.
Emilie Björkman on the rise and decline of wild Baltic salmon in Sweden’s remote northern rivers.
Taking responsibility for our supply chain impact means working with our partners, the wider industry, governments and NGOs to address root causes. Here’s how we are working to support the people who make our products.
As temperatures rise in the Southwest, mountain bikers in Phoenix, Arizona, are going nocturnal to escape the heat.
Josh Wharton knows how to evaluate risk as an alpinist. How does fatherhood change the equation?
England’s largest lake is facing an ecological disaster. Through community action, local people are striving to stop the pollution before it’s too late.
Wild trout populations in Southwest Montana have collapsed. Save Wild Trout says enough is enough.
Finding the line between safety and adventure is often a delicate question while making first ascents in Slovenian mountains.
I’ve been angry at politicians for as long as I’ve been an activist. Here’s why I still vote.
A year after the worst wildfire in recent history razed the historic town of Lāhainā, the community of West Maui continues to recover and rebuild.
The first-place essay from a youth writing competition we hosted with the nonprofit Write the World.
In northern Chile, a desert is being scourged by the textile industry. But a resilient community is transforming a reality of waste into opportunity.
After years of trying to fit in with Western trail culture, one runner realizes that what she’s been missing lies in the Colombian mountains of her youth.
All photos by Ken Etzel If you get your nose close enough, ponderosa pine bark smells like vanilla. Or butterscotch, depending on the tree. Washington is famous for its pine trees. It’s portrayed as a land of constant water and ever-present green, which, in mountain biking terms, translates to a land of perfect trails and…
A family in Maine reimagines a future for working waterfronts that puts back more than it takes.
Louisiana community organizer Roishetta Ozane on her fight to stop the biggest fossil fuel expansion on earth and how mutual aid can play a part.
Our next fight against Big Oil is for basic human rights.
