a wilderness journal

The northern Cascades, looking south from the Thornton Lakes area. 2016 is the centennial year of the National Park Service, and with a...

Snow lake, the southern end. Alpine lakes are one of my favorite destinations in the mountain wildernesses of the Pacific states. At hi...

Last week was my first visit to Mt. Rainier National Park in central Washington . The peak at the center of the park is the highest mou...

Valley leading up to Oregon Caves National Monument. The Oregon Caves National Monument lies in the Siskiyou range, a mountainous r...

The northern-most significant stretch of rocky coastline in California borders the small sleepy town of Crescent City . Last week offered...

According to the fossil record, redwoods once occupied a large expanse of territory across North America . Today they are restricted to...

Lake and stream in the Granite Chief Wilderness. The Granite Chief is the northern-most wilderness of the high Sierra, located west of...

Looking southwest into Tenaya Canyon with Yosemite Valley in the distance. I took a quick weekend trip to Yosemite this month. The wat...

Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp) growing in a shallow pool in the intertidal. Big Sur is one of my favorite places along the northea...

Pleurophycus gardneri sporophyte with Laminaria setchellii and other seaweeds on low intertidal rocks at Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, CA, Apri...

Cacti are iconic plants of desert environments. These succulent plants occur in the family Cactaceae. There are about 1800 species worldwid...

Geraea canescens (Desert Gold), the most common wildflower species at low elevations in Death Valley National Park. Photo taken at Devi...