To a desert dweller, the Boundary Waters are dizzying and blinding with a brilliance of light that I have not encountered ...

The American West is full of towns that serve as gateways into the natural world. Launching points, if you will, that sit on ...

In this edition of Idaho Backroads, we went on a hike near Stanley Lake to check out how it looks after the 2024 Wapiti Fire.

Mountain lakes are found in some of Idaho’s most spectacular places, so enjoy the journey. After all, you could also catch a ...

Flying nearly an hour south, southwest of the Boise area, you first come across the 45 Ranch. A remote getaway for those who ...

Rock formations called “hoodoos” fill the Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northern New Mexico. The desert area is rich with fossils from dinosaurs and animals that lived here in ancient times.

Thirty years after wolves were brought back from near extinction in the U.S. Rocky Mountains, the state of Idaho is back in ...

Senator Mike Lee proposes selling public lands, sparking debate over development and conservation in western states.

Revoking “Roadless Rule” protection from 58 million acres of U.S. Forest Service land could leave the agency wandering without a map, according to forest policy observers. The proposal announced ...

The Trump administration plans to roll back the 2001 "Roadless Rule," which would revoke protection from 58 million acres of ...

Here we go again. On June 13, 2025, Utah Senator Mike Lee proved once again that he really doesn’t care about the little man, the country folk, the outdoorsman, and he would rather line his–and his “f ...

Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee is working to reassure skeptics who worry that his proposal to sell certain federal lands ...