The U.S. Forest Service last month released a comprehensive plan for the Pacific Northwest Trail, a long-distance path that runs from Glacier National Park to the Pacific Ocean. It doesn’t ...

Opinion Columnist, reporting from the Pacific Northwest Trail in the North Cascades ... alienation from the natural world that arises when kids no longer tramp through the mud chasing tadpoles ...

The Pacific Northwest Trail is a 1,200-mile ramble from Montana to Washington's Olympic Coast, but right now it's more a motley collection of paths than a single coherent trail. The U.S. Forest ...