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Eric Bissell captured his first published image with Patagonia on a climbing trip to establish a new route on Mount Ololokwe. Read the story here: https://pat.ag/4mjuk Photos: Eric Bissell

"If you fish for wild trout, you also must advocate for forests that keep streams shaded and free of silt. If you fish for stripers, you fight for the freshwater rivers where they spawn and the salt marshes where their young develop. If you chase wild salmon or steelhead, you are inherently anti-dam. I proudly accepted this credo. Read Stephen Sautner’s story here: https://pat.ag/AnglerVoteFB Photos: Jay Beyer, Keri Oberly

Southeast Alaskans overwhelmingly support keeping the Tongass National Forest roadless and protected from logging. But the Trump administration announced yesterday it will open up all 16.7 million acres of the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest to logging and other forms of development. This threatens the livelihoods of southeast Alaskans, endangers a critical ecosystem and furthers the climate crisis. Read more about the Tongass National Forest on The Cleanest Line: https://pat.ag/TreesDoBetterFB

Our community was built on the common memory of sliding down snow. But as communities evolve, so do their guiding beliefs. As our commitment to skiing and snowboarding has grownin the way that we move through the mountains, but also in how we fight for winterwe started asking: What tracks are we setting? What values are we leaving behind? Here’s where we started. What would y’all add? https://pat.ag/F20SnowStokeFB

Leah Cardamore Stokes has spent the last decade researching energy, climate and environmental politics. In her new book, "Short Circuiting Policy," she examines in particular the role public utilities have played in promoting climate denial and rolling back clean energy laws. The influence these companies wield can make it hard for individuals to make their voices heard on climate action, but she has ideas about how they still can. Read the interview through here: https://pat.ag/PublicEnemiesFB Words: Madalina Preda Photo: Tim Davis

Golden hour, golden granite. Laur Sabourin makes the most of the final rays of sun on the Incredible Hulk. Sierra Nevada, California. Photo: Blake McCord

Alex Falconer runs through the most-visited wilderness in the continental United Statesthe Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, in order to rally for its defense. Read Alex’s story here: https://pat.ag/SomeBoundariesFB Photo: Brendan Davis

"Castleton Tower has a pulse. We have a pulse. The Earth has a pulse." Terry Tempest Williams lives in Castle Valley, Utah, with her husband Brooke. When she meets a team of geologists from the University of Utah who are studying the life span of rock formations within the Colorado Plateau, she learns these geologic landforms sound alive; you just have to know how to listen. Listen to @ttwillet read The Resonance of Stone from her home in Castle Valley through the link in ...our bio. Illustration (inspired by the voices of landforms in the Colorado Plateau) by @rhiannon_klee https://pat.ag/ResonanceofStoneFB

Growing up in Jackson Hole in a neighborhood full of kids under the age of 8 has it's perks. For the Navarro family, that means sharing cold-weather gear with other young families in town every season. Nearly two-year-old Maia learns to snowboard in a one-piece snow suit passed down from her four-year-old brother, Marcus, who got it from a boy down the street. And when she outgrows it, it will be shared again and again. Wear it, outgrow it, pass it down. https://pat.ag/F20KidsSnowFB

To get the economy back to pre-COVID-19 levels, look to clean energy. Decarbonizing the United States’ entire economy will create 5 million good jobs. We need to elect climate leaders who will invest in a clean energy economy. Make a plan to vote: https://pat.ag/MakeAPlantoVoteFB

The 2017 Patagonia Books Tracking Gobi Grizzlies helped focus interest on the bears’ struggle to endure in the modern world. This update paints a picture of what happened next, while also serving as a lead-in to a new book about redefining our relationship with nature. Read the update from Doug Chadwick here: https://pat.ag/ConnectingDotsFB Photo: Joe Riis

Ticky-tacky tactics on a Stone Fort classic. Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Have you made a plan to vote yet? Join a live conversation between Tommy Caldwell, Patagonia Climb ambassador, and Justin Kwasa of the League of Conservation Voters and learn what you need to do to ensure your vote is counted, how to vote safely this election and why a healthy democracy is directly linked to a healthy environment. Tune in live today, October 14, at 5 PM PDT on our main Patagonia Instagram. #makeaplantovote

Kitty Calhoun remembers her first experience with the unexpected on Thalay Sagar. Read Kitty’s account of riding out an eight-day storm at 6,400 meters n a 4 x 6 portaledge here: https://pat.ag/ThroughUncertaintyFB Photos: Andy Selters, Jay Smith