‘The lessons that wilderness can teach us’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Phil Hough can pinpoint exactly when he fell in love with the wilderness.
He remembers paddling down the Allagash River in a canoe in the …
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Give thanks for the wild
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
This has been a tough year. I am sure I am not alone. Faced with shoulder surgery and some personal challenges, I had trouble sleeping. …
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
On Sept. 3, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act, preserving 54 areas as wilderness, totaling 9.1 million acres in 13 states. More …
Earth Day: An enduring movement
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
In the 1960s and 1970s, political and cultural movements rose up to challenge and change society. These mass movements gave rise to iconic protests and …
Voices in the Wilderness
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
We gather around friends and families during the holiday season — frequently counting our many blessings. While we’re at it, let’s include wild places among …
A love letter to Mother Earth
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
Dear Mother Earth,
What a year it has been. Last April as the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up, many of us went home in isolation from …
Giving thanks for ‘natural time’
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
I am thankful to have wild places to wander in and find the time. The natural time. In wilderness, time flows from very natural and …
Our walk across England
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
A virus outbreak in the rural parts of Great Britain brings the agricultural, travel and tourism industries to their knees. After restrictions by governments from …
Earth Day at 50
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
A new, or novel, virus has paused our normal activities with other people. Group events and gatherings are on hold for now. Stay-at-home work feels …
Many wild questions
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
Nothing is more wild than our imagination. Blank spots on the map are places to explore; we enter them not knowing what we will find. …
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