Standing on top of the mountain, the vast largely unaltered landscape of southeast Alaska features a gorgeous panoramic view ...

Since 2001, the Roadless Rule has limited development in the Tongass National Forest, Earth’s largest temperate rainforest.

Michele Stevens, daughter of Carola June Young, proposed naming the peak “Mount Carola” to honor her mother, and the proposal ...

Much of the Mount Baker Highway corridor and large portions of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, including land that the Mt. Baker Ski Area occupies, could potentially be sold for housing ...

The decision comes in a long-running dispute over the project, most recently greenlit in March 2023 by former president Joe ...

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names is scheduled to meet this week and consider a new name, Mount Carola, for an Alaska mountain.

June marks the thaw and breakup season for most of Alaska. Though unusual, June snowfall is not unprecedented in the Brooks Range, which features elevations exceeding 4,000 feet. Snowstorms this time ...

Still probably traveling with the herd, he made regular back-and-forth journeys across the 250-odd-mile stretch of steppe grassland between the Brooks Range and the Alaska Range. Sometimes he ...

Congress established Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in 1980 to safeguard the Rocky Mountains’ northernmost extension, the Brooks Range. However, the sprawling park has been ...

Canning River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Brooks Range, Alaska, where the Trump administration proposes oil drilling. Photo George Wuerthner.

Some streams and rivers in Alaska’s remote Brooks Mountain Range are turning orange. Researchers think melting permafrost may be the culprit. Credit: Josh Koch/USGS. Related.