From Bear Dens To The Oval Office
When you're crossing the Colorado River in the middle of winter, wearing snowshoes, it's best not to have the ice give way and drop you into the river. Sheridan Steele can attest to that.
- October 12th, 2020
NPT Reviews of Books and other Material
A collection of book reviews to help you pick the perfect read for your national park escape
Why Trust Science?
Never in the history of science has asking the question “Why Trust Science?” been more important than in 2020 because science denial in the face of climate change, pandemics, and the loss of biodiversity, among other challenges facing the world, threatens lives and the future of human communities across the globe.
Canoe Camping In Grand Teton National Park
Most folks who head to Grand Teton National Park most likely have hiking and climbing on their minds. But if you're going there with paddle in hand, this guidebook can help you make the most from venturing out on Jackson and Leigh lakes in the park.
- August 14th, 2020
Rebel Of The Colorado: The Saga Of Harry Leroy Aleson
Renny Russell is waiting with bated breath for his new book, Rebel of the Colorado, to be delivered to his New Mexico hideaway homestead. Russell spent the last dozen years, and worked with a half-dozen editors, to create this homage to a unique character who rambled throughout the Colorado Plateau for decades: Harry Aleson.
All About The Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail may be the most documented trail in the world; it’s certainly one of the best known. Hikers come from all over the world come to walk the entire 2,190 miles. Each year, thousands of hikers attempt a thru-hike; only about one in four makes it all the way. But there are several ways to explore and sample the A.T.
Inspired By The National Parks
Quilters interpret national parks through thread, fabric, and more.
- May 26th, 2020
The Cold Vanish: Seeking The Missing In North America’s Wildlands
An astonishing 600,000 people go missing in North America each year, most of whom are quickly found, but those who disappear in the wilder parts of the continent are often much harder to find. Journalist John Billman admits to being “obsessed with writing about missing persons in wild places,” and in this book he travels thousands of miles from Hawaii to Washington State to the wilds of northern Ontario pursuing intriguing stories of “cold vanishing.” The “cold” is often of the “cold case” sort and sometimes literally people disappearing into wild, cold places.
Our Wild Calling: How Connecting With Animals Can Transform Our Lives―And Save Theirs
They were young bulls, possibly even siblings, and their own full-fledged, testosterone-fueled combative rut was probably a full year away. Yet back and forth they jostled in our yard, testing each other not 20 feet from the backdoor, their antlers clattering against each other, steam flushing in bursts from their nostrils in the cold fall air as their gangly legs sought leverage in the not-yet-frozen ground.
Tahoma And Its People: A Natural History Of Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier towers above its surroundings. The 360-degree view from its summit is stunning, encompassing Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west, Mount Baker far to the north, the Columbia River country to the east, spreading south toward Mount Adams, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Hood down in Oregon. I saw all of this on a perfectly clear summit day and having done so makes me appreciate the approach Jeff Antonelis-Lapp takes in this book.
- By John Miles - April 1st, 2020 2:00am
Erosion: Essays Of Undoing
National park enthusiasts will likely be familiar with the writing of Terry Tempest Williams. Her previous book The Hour of Land told national park stories as only she, in her lyrical, insightful, and emotional way, can tell them. Erosion is not explicitly about national parks, though some of the essays lament what has happened to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monuments. She has already addressed the challenges of many other parks in that earlier work. The 32 pieces in this book, most of them essays, address a “world being torn to pieces,” being eroded, a condition that brings Williams, at times, to heartbreak.
- By John Miles - March 19th, 2020 2:00am
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