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Charles C. Chester

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Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Brandeis University

Fresh grizzly bear tracks in Yellowstone National Park. Jacob W. Frank, NPS/Flickr

April 26, 2022

Linking protected areas from Yellowstone to the Yukon shows the value of conserving large landscapes, not just isolated parks and preserves

Charles C. Chester, Brandeis University and Mark Hebblewhite, University of Montana

Parks and refuges are important for conservation, but without connections, they’re like islands. Linking them by protecting land in between makes it possible for wildlife to move over bigger areas.

McAfee Knob in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the Appalachian Trail’s most scenic vistas. Ben Townsend/Flickr

August 12, 2021

A century after the Appalachian Trail was proposed, millions hike it every year seeking ‘the breath of a real life’

Charles C. Chester, Brandeis University

When forester Benton MacKaye proposed building an Appalachian Trail 100 years ago, he was really thinking about preserving a larger region as a haven from industrial life.

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