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A Dozen Wild Places that Need More Love: Send a Valentine’s letter to help them

February 11, 2011 By Ben Beach

On Valentine’s Day most people try to do something special for those they love. While you’re at it, why not try to do the same for the lands you love? All of us own 635 million acres of national parks, national wildlife refuges, national forests, and western acreage overseen by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Many of these places put up with way too much abuse: poorly executed mining, drilling, and logging, to note a few. Read more

Great Valentine’s Getaways: Our top 10 romantic wilderness areas

February 11, 2010 By Laura Bailey

Flower. Photo by irisb477, Flickr.

Valentines Day. Roses, chocolates, red frilly doilies, wine and dinner out. Eh hem...Yawn... Booooooring. Listen up, lovebirds. As much as everyone appreciates a week’s worth of calories packed in a cardboard box, when it comes to romance there’s nothing in the greeting-card store that beats a quiet outing in nature. So ask yourself, are you going to do the same predictable thing that you’ve done year after year, or are you going to be a Valentine’s champ and take your sweetie to some place truly memorable? Read more