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Photo Contest Winner
Meet Josh Myers, whose sunset photo of Delicate Arch in Arches National Park at sunset got the most votes in our National Park Photo Contest.
Wilderness Survival Video
A former Green Beret shows you how to keep it together if
you get lost. Rule #1: Don't do anything stupid. A video
companion to "How Not to Die in the Woods."
Good Eats
DIY energy bars
Law Saves the King
How the Club's 1960s lawsuit stopped Disney from turning Mineral King into a ski resort
Spout Extras
More reader complaints and compliments — and lively debates over recent stories
Hey Mr. Green
Sierra's own Mr. Green answers your green living questions.
THE GREEN LIFE
Danielle Babb kickin' it in Yosemite.
Photo by MICHAEL WINOKUR
FEATURES
Collect 'em All
Filmmaker Ken Burn's co-producer had a self-imposed mission: Visit every U.S. national park.
DAYTON DUNCAN
Team of Rivals
Notorious Los Angeles high schools come together in Yosemite.
JUDITH LEWIS
The Great Alaska Coal Rush
It's not just oil and timber anymore. Alaska's latest boom is stripmined coal. Welcome to the next Appalachia.
TOMAS ALEX TIZON
How Not to Die in the Woods
Skills we hope you'll never have to use.
PAUL RAUBER
Resurrection Road
Shouldering a backpack after a 30-year break.
DEBRA JONES
Dream Gear
Sleeping under the stars? Here's how to do it in style.
RACHEL ODELL WALKER
DEPARTMENTS
Spout
Black and white and green all over
Create
Windows of opportunity
Enjoy
º enviroTunes
º Best energy bars
Hey Mr. Green
What to do with your meds
and whether to buy a Prius
Explore
Yushan, Taiwan
Grapple
º Upside to the downturn
º Trippy fish
º A world without chocolate
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