How a crystal-clear mountain stream can conceal trout, even decent-sized ones, has always been a mystery to me. Those speckled beauties disappear into the mosaic of colorful stones on the bottom of a ...

A wildlife biologist friend warned: Don’t go bushwhacking alone in the wild North Fork of the Flathead.

I have been exploring the Adirondack backwoods for decades and much of that time has been spent off-trail, through the forest, thick and thin, bushwhacking. I originally took on the formidable task of ...

It was the worst day of weather seen in Washington's Olympic Peninsula for months. Power lines were down and the rains were torrential. It just so happened it was also the day NPR's Ketzel Levine ...

These vibrant essays from McGaha (Flat Broke), a creative nonfiction teacher, mix adventure in the Appalachians with discoveries about the creative process. “Every time I went into the woods, I ...