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Leaving wilderness alone isn't always the best way to protect it, experts say. Here's what they suggest instead

More than 110 million acres of land across the U.S. are protected in 806 federally designated wilderness areas — together an area slightly larger than the state of California. For the most part, these ...
Men's Journal

How to survive in the wilderness — alone

View post: The World's Most Livable Cities Revealed in New Global Ranking Being alone in the wilderness can be an exhilarating experience — but before you go, equip yourself with basic knowledge and ...
The Cheat Sheet

History’s ‘Alone’: 3 Survival Skills You Need That Have Nothing to Do With the Wilderness

A sense of creativity can help in a lot of ways on Alone. For starters, the contestants can only take 10 approved items from History’s gear list with them to their drop site. None of those items are ...
CounterPunch

The Best Approach to the Preservation of Wilderness: Leave It Alone

Contrary to what is advocated for in a recent article by U.S. Forest Service research fellow Clare E. Boerigter about protecting Wilderness by purposefully “tending it,” the best approach to the ...
AOL

Steve Fagin: Alone in the 'wilderness'

Nov. 30—OK, Pachaug State Forest may not exactly be "wilderness" — but this 28,804-acre swath of woodlands, lakes and rivers, where I set out on a solo hike the day after Thanksgiving, does comprise ...
Forbes

Alone In The Wilderness: What One Entrepreneur Learned About Letting Go

In September, the springwater at Blacktail Ranch is so cold it burns. I was knee deep in it by 11 AM on a Wednesday morning, when I was first struck with the idea to build a dam. It was the kind of ...