“Crosscut” traverses a life-changing season through poetry.
In Crosscut, Sean Prentiss saturates our senses with the ding of a rock bar, the reek of loam, and the feeling of a well-oiled Pulaski handle.
Lessons From John McCarthy’s “Working the Wilderness”
Working the Wilderness is more than Idaho history—it’s a story about people who give a damn.
Where Do Federal Employees Go From Here? It’s Not On Vacation.
“In the park, I look around me at my rigorously idealistic, calloused-palm colleagues; at the harrier hawk that tips and swivels in a curling updraft. There is no wealth like this; the power of loving it is unassailable. These are real. The email isn’t real.”
How to Get a Job in Trails
A comprehensive guide of tips and resources for getting your first trails job.
Counting Steps: Riley Dunn Studies Stairs on the Appalachian Trail
Riley Dunn hiked the 2,192-mile Appalachian Trail, and counted every stair in 3,605 staircases along the way.
Smokey’s Lost Brethren: Obscure and Forgotten Mascots of Land Management
A roundup of PSA mascots who never quite made it as big as Smokey Bear.
The Trail Worker’s Essential Reading List
Tent time in the backcountry means lots of time for reading, and backcountry trail workers are voracious readers. What books are on their reading lists?
Essay: Imagineering Cultural Landscapes
A trail says, “This is where you want to go, trust me. I will take you there.”