By Katarina Zimmer and Elise Hansen
Or, warbler near a fracking well.
If you’re hiking near small streams in the forests of central Appalachia, you might spot...
Stretching between Tennessee and North Carolina, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the country, attracting more than twic...
Thousands of citizens and dozens of businesses and organizations—including Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine—have joined together to help protect Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest.
Two mountain lion sightings have been confirmed in Tennessee. Another mountain lion was killed on a Connecticut highway. Are these elusive cats prowling the Eas...
A largely undiscovered oasis in the coalfields is helping communities rebuild.
My hiking partner and I have been walking the Kentucky-Virginia border for an ho...
Yesterday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it will move forward with a scientifically unsupported plan to reduce the red wolf recovery area by 90 pe...
Southern rivers are some of the world’s most biologically diverse. Snorkelers are taking the plunge to see for themselves.
Casper Cox sits neck-deep in the mid...
A Synchronous Firefly Discovery Raises Questions About How We Experience the Outdoors
Night falls in the cove where I've set up a camera and tripod, one of tho...
6 ICONIC WATERWAYS—and the people fighting to protect them
In 2018, we commemorate 50 years of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. It's a good time to celebrate ...
China and the U.S. are planning a massive petrochemical hub in West Virginia.
The biggest energy project you’ve never heard of commonly goes by the acronym AST...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in October. Both are intended to run frac...
Can anyone stop the Mountain valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines? Actually, yes. Governor Ralph Northam could halt construction immediately to conduct a full review of water quality impacts. So far, though, the governor has waivered.
Most of us don't know. Here's a quick guide to the health of the water you paddle, fish, swim, and drink.
Kentucky's Stoney Fork isn't supposed to run an other...
The Forest Service is supposed to protect our forests. Instead, it's actively supporting the Mountain Valley Pipeline, infringing upon First Amendment rights, and defying overwhelming public opinion.
Suzanne Dixon is already asking tough questions and taking the Appalachian Trail Conservancy in new directions.
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC)’s new f...
