Essays
Get started on your national park journey by perusing our extensive archive of essays. Whether you want to be a park ranger, learn more about rangers and parks, or cultivate a wilder life, we have an essay that will help.
Parks
How can you be a respectful national park visitor while parks are experiencing staffing shortages or other crises? Here are seven tips.
Here are five ways you can support national parks. America's national parks are under threat like never before, but there are ways to help.
National parks are more efficient than most businesses. In fact they are not just economically efficient, they are wildly so. Here's how.
Here are 10 national parks that celebrate Black history, because we refuse to forget this vital part of our heritage.
Trump's federal hiring freeze is another step toward privatization--selling off America's national parks to the rich. Here's how.
A national park helped a man find solace from his grief, and I was lucky to be his guide. What I learned from him changed how I view parks.
Wild Living
A written snapshot of a solar eclipse. That day we felt aligned with our earth, with our sky, and all the wonders they both provide.
People are not a plague on the Earth. We are not a disease; we are ill, infected with a sense that we are not natural, that we don't belong.
Eliza Scidmoore is one of countless forgotten women who were integral to some of our favorite national parks.
Completely unique, Reelfoot Lake State Park has bizarre origins, shallow waters, odd-looking trees, and some spectacular eagle viewing.
One man had a dream: the civil rights journey may be ongoing, but the Lorraine Motel is today a signpost, reminding us how far we’ve come.
"You're so brave!" is a common phrase said to women who camp or travel alone. It says more about the people saying it than it does about us.