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Peace and Quiet: Can you still find it in our National Parks?

January 27, 2010 By Ben Beach

Kurt Fristrup and Karen Trevino. Photo by Damon Joyce.

This article first appeared in Wilderness Magazine. To read more great articles like this one, become a member today. It is getting louder all the time. It used to be easier to escape the din, and national parks and our other public lands were among the spots you could find peace and quiet. Most of these places remain the best prospects for basking in natural sounds, but the decibel level is on the rise. Read more

Newly Protected and Worth the Visit: Idaho’s Owyhee Canyonlands

December 23, 2009 By Ben Beach

Boaters brave rain, snow, hail, long portages and rapids in the short floating season. Photo by John McCarthy.

It took eight years of negotiations, but finally Idaho’s magnificent Owyhee Canyonlands are permanently protected as Wilderness. Explore the splendor of the magical Owyhee Canyonlands in our Wilderness Magazine piece below. And to read more great articles like this one, join The Wilderness Society today and get Wilderness Magazine as a benefit of membership. Read more

The Plight of the Migrants

October 3, 2009 By Ben Beach

Western tanager. Courtesy USFWS.

This feature was first published in the 2009 Wilderness Magazine. To receive the annual magazine and quarterly newsletters from The Wilderness Society, become a member today! Writer David S. Wilcove is a professor of ecology, evolutionary biology, and public affairs at Princeton University and the author of No Way Home: The Decline of the World’s Great Animal Migrations. By David S. Wilcove Read more

Everyone wants clean energy — But where do we put the turbines?

October 1, 2009 By Ben Beach

Wind turbines. Courtesy Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.

This feature was first published in the 2009 Wilderness Magazine. To receive the annual magazine and quarterly newsletters from The Wilderness Society, become a member today! Read more