Outdoors
156 stories
The Rock House Fire
On Saturday, April 9, 2011, a wildfire began west of Marfa. In 48 hours it burned more than 60,000 acres, destroyed fifty homes, and killed herds of livestock. As of this publication, the fire has not yet been contained. These heartbreaking photos were shot by local photographer Alberto Tomas Halpern of the Big Bend Sentinel, www.bigbendnow.com.
April 2011
The Manual 2.0
Watch Andrea Valdez learn how to shoot a .22.
February 2011
Wide-open Spaces
A slide show featuring James H. Evans’s images of Big Bend, from the ghost town of Castolon to the Chisos Mountains at night.
February 2011
Dirt and Light »
James H. Evans has been photographing Big Bend for twenty years. But never before has it looked so, well, big.
February 2011 by Rebecca Solnit
The Least Dangerous Game »
Never been squirrel hunting? Here’s what you need to know: It tastes like chicken.
January 2011 by Philipp Meyer
Hiking Around Texas »
S. Matt Read on hiking around Texas.
January 2011 Interview by Megan Giller
Stuck Truck »
The mud was deep and wet and cold and there was nothing to do but dig. And dig. And dig.
January 2011 by Rick Bass
The Last Squirrel Camp »
Read a Q&A with Philipp Meyer.
January 2011 Interview by Jasmin Sun
An Outdoor Adventure
A slide show featuring Jody Horton’s images of a squirrel hunt in East Texas, from the men who camp out in trailers to the wild critters who run for their lives through the forests.
January 2011
Movin’ On »
Read a Q&A with Rick Bass.
January 2011 Interview by Rachael Abrams
Mike Wheat, 43 »
Game warden.
November 2010 As told to Alison Finney
Fish Story »
One more trip—would it be the last?—to Toledo Bend Reservoir with my dad.
September 2010 by Rick Bass
Take Me To the River »
The course of the Neches River Wilderness Canoe Race is the 22 miles of the Neches in Anderson County between Lake Palestine and U.S. 79, where the muddy channel winds through thick forest.
August 2010 by Charlie Llewellin
Writing Life »
Checking in on the long, slow, quiet, thoughtful, weird, brilliant, often-interrupted, never-compromised career of John Graves.
August 2010 by Gary Cartwright
On the Road—Westbound and Down »
Most vacations in Texas mean filling up the gas tank and logging long hours on the highway. Yet whether it’s a classic buddy trip or a full-blown family vacation, the charms of the open road remain. May it always be so.
August 2010 by John Spong
Windsurfing »
How to windsurf.
July 2010 by Andrea Valdez
Wild at Heart »
My mother trained me to be a naturalist in our suburban backyard, one bird call at a time.
July 2010 by Rick Bass
Third Coast State of Mind »
When the surf’s good, Texas (yes, Texas) surfers drop what they’re doing and head for the water.
July 2010 by Paul Hagey
Llano River »
Fly-fishing on this waterway is one of the best ways to surrender to the rugged and beautiful Hill Country.
May 2010 by Charlie Llewellin
San Marcos River »
Aquarena Springs, which has never gone dry, not even during the worst drought, has been the cradle of life in Central Texas for eons.
May 2010 by Charlie Llewellin
San Marcos River »
Watch out for sunken logs and fallen trees, which rest in the river like sleeping monsters in tangle of smaller deadwood.
May 2010 by Charlie Llewellin
Rio Grande »
Impounded, channelized, and pumped dry, the river gives up the ghost in the desert at Fort Quitman and is resuscitated at Presidio by the Rio Conchos.
May 2010 by Charlie Llewellin
FACEBOOK
RSS
TUMBLR
TM
Read Later