In "How Wild," a new podcast from KALW, Marissa set out across the country to explore the history of wilderness and its future. Let's join her now on the trail.

Hosted by KALW’s Marissa Ortega-Welch, How Wild listeners will visit public lands in the American West to explore the concept of wilderness, how it's changing, and how the stories we tell about ...

The Wilderness Act of 1964 governs use and management of our four wilderness areas in Summit and Eagle counties — Eagles Nest, Ptarmigan Peak, Holy Cross and Flat Tops — and as well as the ...

For lovers of wilderness who want to understand more about the history, development and philosophy of the wilderness movement in America, there are some great books available. Here are some of mine.

Hundreds more have since sprung up worldwide. The wilderness is widely seen as a place untrammelled by human activities. Not so, argues journalist Sophie Yeo in Nature’s Ghosts.

Mr. Kerasote has written about nature and wildlife since the 1970s. He is the author of “Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age.” A small, heart-shaped body of water aptly named Green Lake lies ...

A wild marmot hitched a ride from Colorado wilderness to Denver Zoo. See how conservationists saved and returned this ‘surprise stowaway’ safely.

A wild marmot hitched a ride from Colorado wilderness to Denver Zoo. See how conservationists saved and returned this ‘surprise stowaway’ safely.