FILE: Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe. If the budget is passed by the July 4 deadline, an estimated 16 million acres in California ...

More than 250 million acres of federally owned land are eligible to help meet that quota, according to The Wilderness Society. The bill exempts national parks, monuments and wilderness areas, and also ...

As the Senate continues to comb through the Big Beautiful Bill, 258 million acres of public land across the western U.S., ...

The best way to explore the wonders of a national park is on foot. But among the dozens of national parks across the country, ...

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah single-handedly appears to have produced what just might be the most unified, and broadly ...

Lee and Rep. Celeste Maloy are defending the proposal after conservation groups launched campaigns to try to stop it ...

Millions of acres of public lands in California and across the West could be put up for sale over the next five years under ...

On a trip to Maine’s Mount Desert Island, Dinaw Mengestu and his family had an ambitious, high-energy itinerary that included ...

California is packed with wild, beautiful places to swim— if you know where to look. Here’s where to find them. No resort pass or beach sticker required.

In a state often defined by its agricultural landscape, Ponca State Park stands as a magnificent reminder that Nebraska’s natural heritage includes dramatic bluffs, diverse forests, and wild river ...

There’s a magical stretch of Highway 395 where the Eastern Sierra mountains stand like ancient guardians over the Owens ...