Strict limits on permits means that JMT hikers can expect a solitude wilderness experience, but it does mean that you need to plan ahead. Laura Lancaster The best time to hike the John Muir Trail is ...

entering one of the most beautiful sections of the Inyo National Forest which includes both the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wilderness. The JMT goes through lake filled valleys and steep mountain ...

Many Americans wanted to preserve the wilderness for its own sake. Naturalist John Muir wrote several articles defending conservation of forests, "not only as fountains of timber and irrigating ...

“We move every day — we’re backpacking,” said Jackson Fitzsimmons, a Sierra National Forest wilderness ranger who lost his ...

Our headline today comes to us courtesy of wilderness preservationist John Muir, via Debbie R. White’s new self-published book Mountain Escapades. It’s one of the epigrams that lead into her 50 ...

It is produced by and features Costner as he traces the footsteps of the 1903 Yosemite expedition of then-president Teddy Roosevelt and environmental advocate John Muir. The Roosevelt-Muir ...

John Muir took it upon himself to impress ... Often referred to as the "father of wilderness," Muir had long before devoted his life to documenting the wonders of nature. A native of Scotland ...

“The Wild Robot,” to her second-grade students at John Muir Elementary School. The story tells the tale of a robot who is lost in the wilderness on a remote wild island. The robot ...