wilderness

Dr. Tom Myers has worked as a physician on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon since 1990, and he knows all the ways people can get into trouble on a difficult hike. In fact, he co-authored the book Death in Grand Canyon. But that didn’t stop him from completing an epic journey on foot down the canyon’s entire length. His new book is The Grandest Trek.

The National Park Service is seeking public comment for a study focusing on wilderness preservation at Wupatki National Monument northeast of Flagstaff.

In his latest Canyon Commentary, Scott Thybony shares a lesson he learned about the beauty of nature from the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement" — Mardy Murie.

Legislation was introduced today to protect one of the most culturally significant and ecologically fragile landscapes in the Southwest. The Great Bend of the Gila Conservation Act will establish a 330,000-acre conservation area, as well as the 47,000-acre Palo Verde National Conservation Area and nearly 60,000-acres of new wilderness in the Sonoran Desert.

More than 96% of the Coconino County monument qualifies under the Wilderness Act of 1964.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department may soon have the ability to land helicopters in wilderness areas within the Tonto National Forest. The aim is to…

On Sept. 3, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Wilderness Preservation System Act. With the stroke of a pen, 9 million acres of federal…

Wilderness areas represent the highest degree of protection the federal government grants to public lands. They’re managed for values of solitude,…