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Mercury Rising at National Parks—Along with Pesticides, DDT, and Industrial Chemicals

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Pacific Outdoor ECO Thermo 6 Sleeping Pad, REI Global Warming Initiative, and the Timberland Green Index are tops to the green eyes of Backpacker

Global warming creates conditions that invite larger and more frequent forest fires. Here's how.

Rising alpine temperatures and polluted snow are threatening snowpack–and the water it generates.

What do Florida's Everglades and Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias have in common? Both face uncertain futures as temperatures rise.

When a day hike turns into an overnight, learn how to take care of yourself.

Thanks to melting ice and snow, climate change is effecting the future of our mountains

Information on 19 more "green" companies and an interview with Big Agnes's Bill Gamber

Warming temps can wreak havoc on snow-packed adventures. Learn the conditions and warning signs that can cause a dangerous, sudden thaw.

New Hampshire's Mt. Washington is know for its evil weather. Learn how to survive a winter storm from one of the peak's experts.

Quicksand isn't just in old Westerns, it's also a real backcountry hazard. Learn how to save your life when faced with the slippery stuff.

Learning to determine winter weather signs depends on where you are.

Like it or not, national parks are officially in the business of business. Will this focus destroy the soul of a national institution--or save it in these lean times?

Can you see the forest through the trees? Join a bittersweet trek through an old-growth wilderness in its final days.

Drought has brought the canyon back. Would national park status keep it that way?

How can you tell if your representative supports national parks?

Your answers could mean the difference between a nice, quiet hike and one you share with ORVers.

To understand the full impact of logging, you need to rise above it all.

Activist and former backpacker David Brower reflects on his life in the political trenches and on the trails.

How to track where your environmental charity money goes.

David Brower led environmentalists in shaping the America we see and hike.

Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbit knows he can't please everyone. So rather than try, he spends his time righting environmental wrongs and preserving wildlands.

There's a reason why your field guide doesn't list some flowers: they're not supposed to be there.

NOLS founder Paul Petzoldt fought for wilderness his whole life.

Matthew Bogue, who is legally blind and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1996, completed the 471-mile Colorado Trail.

Sometimes you have to turn off the lights in order to see.

The need to know leads this editor on a wild goose chase.