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Hiding in Plain Sight • EARYN McGEE IS HELPING TO BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY—AND SPOTTING SOME VERY SNEAKY LIZARDS ALONG THE WAY

High Gear • A NEW GENERATION OF STEEDS FOR PAVEMENT AND BEYOND

Path Perfect • SHOES TO SUIT EVERY STRIDE

Ace of Base Camp • ACCESSORIES AND ESSENTIALS TO MAKE ANY SITE POP

Leafer Madness • TURN YOUR AUTUMNAL JAUNTS INTO ALL-DAY AFFAIRS

A Bird in the Hand • LONG DAYS IN THE BUSH REQUIRE HARD WEARING GEAR

Screen Savior • CAN A NEW DEVICE SAVE US FROM OUR SMARTPHONES?

Scraping By • FIVE DEVICES TO JUMP-START YOUR GUA SHA JOURNEY

Deer Season • SO YOU TOOK UP HUNTING DURING THE PANDEMIC. HERE’S A GREAT NATIVE AMERICAN RECIPE FOR ALL THAT WILD GAME.

Stretch to Slumber • SIX GENTLE MOVES TO HELP CALM YOUR BODY AND MIND

Mind Over Matter • ENDURING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TESTS OF BHUTAN’S SNOWMAN TREK

Where to Live Now (and in the Rapidly Changing Future)

Atlanta, Georgia • AN EXAMPLE OF URBAN-OUTDOOR BALANCE IN THE FACE OF RAPID GROWTH

North Las Vegas, Nevada • THE NOT-SO-SISTER CITY

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • A CITY FOCUSING ON ITS GREEN HISTORY

Charlotte, North Carolina • SO MUCH MORE THAN A BANKING HUB

Aurora, Colorado • AN AFFORDABLE, MULTICULTI ALTERNATIVE TO DENVER

Jacksonville, Florida • A BEACH TOWN THAT’S WORKING ON PARK ACCESS

Sacramento, California • A SPRAWLING CAPITAL EMBRACING CONNECTIVITY

Albuquerque, New Mexico • THE FORGOTTEN END OF THE ROCKIES NO LONGER

Forces of Nature • W. KAMAU BELL, THE HOST OF UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA, SITS DOWN WITH FELLOW COMEDIAN AND ACTIVIST BARATUNDE THURSTON FOR A LIVELY CONVERSATION ON WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT THIS COUNTRY WHEN WE ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITIES VERY DIFFERENT THAN OUR OWN

Norfolk, Virginia • A COASTAL HUB USING OUTDOOR SPACES TO FIGHT RISING SEA LEVELS

Tulsa, Oklahoma • AN EMERGING ADVENTURE HAVEN IN THE GREAT PLAINS

Saint Paul, Minnesota • THE TWIN CITY SHEDDING ITS UNDERDOG IMAGE

Chicago, Illinois • A THRIVING BIKE CITY GOING ALL IN

Austin, Texas • AN OUTDOOR STRONGHOLD THAT’S PUTTING IN THE WORK

Congrats, You Just Earned Three Leaves! • A new app called NatureQuant harnesses the latest nature-is-medicine research to track and rate your time outside. Next up: determining the right dose.

Camping with Ketamine • Oregon voters have opened the door to therapeutic use of psychedelics. In a peek at the future, DAVID KUSHNER attends a backwoods retreat where patients with serious psychological issues get help from a powerful hallucinatory substance.

The Sweetest Irritating Buzz You’ll Ever Hear • If you get lost or injured in the mountains these days, aid might come from above _ in the form of small-propeller drones that are revolutioninizing search and rescue, and saving lives

Flight of the Cosmic Arrows • At a bold and stylish new brewery in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Missy Begay and Shyla Sheppard are using traditional Native American ingredients to produce delicious craft creations, part of a growing movement that’s changing the face of domestic beer

Parting Shot