About a year ago, I got word of a secluded mountain paradise in Northern New Mexico. The Valle Vidal is 102,000 pristine acres within the Carson National Forest known for abundant wildlife, spectacular scenery, and very low visitation. In addition to...

A Float Trip Worth Every Moment Back in June 2023, my job with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sent me to Missoula, MT for a week of Wilderness Leadership Training at the Arthur Carhart National Wildnerness Training Center. Part of this incredible...

Together, we are the co-owners of nearly 600 million acres of public land. You might know them as National Parks, national forests, wildlife refuges or perhaps other names. Public lands became a unique part of our American heritage with the creation of...

Trappers Lake and the “Cradle of Wilderness” Trappers Lake is the second largest natural lake in Colorado and home to a naturally reproducing population of Colorado River Cutthroat trout. The Flattops Wilderness in northwestern Colorado, home...