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Intro Intro
By Stephen Casimiro
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Mementos, Notes, and Fragments Mementoes, Notes, and Fragments
By Staff
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Recommended Reading Recommended Reading
By Stephen Casimiro
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Moments Moments: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Klunkerer
How Colorado's 1970s Pearl Pass tours helped create the wild new sport of mountain biking By Justin Housman
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Natural Curiosities Corn Isn’t the Only Plant With Ears
New discoveries show that flora can hear, make, and respond to sounds By Justin Housman
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Feature Never Swim Alone*
*Unless you want to test yourself in the dangerous waters of Spain's Cape Trafalgar By James Stuart
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Feature For the Forest and the Trees
A New York photographer has made it his life's work to document and preserve America's old-growth heritage By Peter Macia
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Feature A Nudge to Wildness
What’s the role of a guidebook? Mountain legend and author Joe Kelsey says it’s to help you to lose your way By Leath Tonino
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Feature Stormy Weather
Backpacking trips don't always end well and some friendships don't last forever By Monica Prelle
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Feature Mojave Rattler
For nearly fifty years, Desert magazine was gritty and provocative and full of love for the American drylands By Steve Casimiro
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Feature The Forest Hearth
Living in harmony with the seasons and the land is an ideal tightly wound up with Japanese national identity By Hannah Kirshner
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Feature Proper Place
A visit with man-eating lions reminds who sits where on the food chain By Stephen Casimiro
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Feature Steelhead, Love, and Other Mysteries
The hunt for an elusive fish tests the line that ties By Dylan Tomine
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Three Square Three Square
Fire or gas, these are sure to get you into the spirit of the season By Megan McDuffie and Michael van Vliet
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Portfolio Portfolio: The People You Meet
One man's ongoing endless project to get to know his fellow travelers on the road. Photography of Elliot Ross By Elliot Ross
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Resources Resources
By Staff