September-October 2010 Issue

The Great Escape: Touring North America by Train
June 11, 2012 — Traveling by train might sound old-fashioned, but it remains one of the best, most environment-friendly ways to see some of America’s wildest places. Here are 10 trips of a lifetime.
Mountain Men: A Father-Son Backpacking Journey
May 24, 2012 — In the Appalachians of Virginia, a first father-son backpacking trip reveals panoramic vistas and glimpses of discoveries yet to come.
Windfall
September 08, 2011 — If ever there was a time to get off of oil and plug into offshore wind power, it is now, argues Mike Tidwell, a clean-energy activist and veteran journalist with deep roots in the bayou.
Photograph by Ewan Burns.
River of Raptors
January 01, 2015 — One of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles takes place every autumn as millions of hawks and other soaring birds funnel through Veracruz, Mexico, where a pioneering program aims to keep them flowing for millennia to come.
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