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Want to experience nature closer to home? Try visiting a trail at one of the National Wildlife Refuge System's 101 urban wildlife refuges.
Writer Steve Howe and two international guests haunt the park for big bears--and they aren't disappointed.
Dramatic skies, blue lakes, mountain goats and more: Chuck Haney shares some of his most exciting photos from Glacier National Park.
A weekend full of clouds couldn't hide the beauty of sea kayaking near Kenai Fjords NP
Hit the river and see some of the best wildlife Alaska has to offer.
Paddle through a blackwater swamp and see A-list wildlife in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. BY KATHY KYLE
Kayak where land, sea, and river converge, then camp on a beach and take to a wildlife refuge on foot on this multiway paddling trip to Capers and Bulls Islands. BY DAVID KUCZKIR
We follow a giant, endangered caribou herd from the Yukon to Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Part 5.
