Conservation

The other day I turned to an unread stack of The New Yorker magazines, in which I found some gems among all of the disquieting election talk that was wearing me out. Among the stories that gave [...]

This is part 2 in a series that explores what we gain from living lives of adventure and pushing our comfort zones in the wilderness. My long-distance hikes on the John Muir Trail in California’s [...]

Last week I gave a talk for the Women’s Environmental Network at the San Francisco Department of the Environment on what we gain from living lives of adventure and pushing our comfort zones in [...]

On the first weekend of autumn, I said goodbye to the long days of summer with a backcountry hike in Yosemite National Park, where nighttime temperatures dropped to below freezing, days were [...]

This past spring and summer I was immersed in learning and writing about the benefits of nature and wilderness for youth, for science, for parks and for everyone. I attended a summit at UC [...]

In a post to celebrate Earth Day today, Jamie Rappaport Clark, President and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, points out that the United States has many “firsts in conservation:” [...]

A celebrity lives in a park above the Hollywood Hills amid a thick cover of chaparral and oak woodlands. He has helped rally the public to understand the plight of wildlife living on the urban [...]

A few years ago, I led presentations featuring “wildlife ambassadors” for a diversity of public school students. While showing the kids a desert tortoise, a reptile protected by the [...]

Two nonprofits made a deal to protect redwood forests while saving aging camp facilities owned by the well-known American institution whose mission is to empower girls.

For more than 100 years conservationists have raised funds and donated lands to save and protect special places in perpetuity for public enjoyment. Six months from now, at least 61 of [...]