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Backcountry Beach Camping at Channel Islands National Park

Matthew Harding, Publisher September 19, 2021

We set off for an adventure that not a whole lot of people do: backcountry beach camping on Santa Rosa Island. Part of Channel Islands National Park, it’s a roughly two-and-a-half-hour boat journey from Ventura, California. This obstacle alone is a big reason why Channel Islands (which includes Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and Santa Barbara islands) is among the least-visited national parks in the country.

News Around the West

Partial Reopening of Kings Canyon National Park

American West October 19, 2021

Beginning Oct. 18, some areas of Kings Canyon National Park reopened to the public for day use and wilderness use. The park closed in September due to the KNP Complex Fires.

Wild Horses Gathered in Colorado, Some Released

American West September 14, 2021

The Colorado Bureau of Land Management has gathered roughly 683 wild horses from public lands and just released 49 back to the area as part of an ongoing fertility control program.

Music, Musings & More

From the Publisher, No. 1

Matthew Harding, Publisher September 15, 2021

Welcome to American West. I hope this magazine finds you somewhere special along your journey in this great region.

New Podcast: “The West On Fire”

American West September 15, 2021

If you’re interested of exploring every aspect of the American West’s wildfires – and connecting their past to the present – look no further than Western Edition, a new podcast from Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.