In the middle of a Colorado fir-spruce forest ravaged by wildfire, Andy Better crouches to inspect an abundance of burn morels that have sprouted in a clearing. The morels are grayish-brown in color, ...

There is a place I know, way back in the woods on a trout stream I sometimes fish, that is carpeted with leeks each spring. Or used to be, anyway. I haven’t been back up there in quite a while. It was ...

Endless exploring outdoors as a kid fed a need and a hunger in Samuel Thayer. He found food in the plants and trees, and it was free. Even today, decades later, he’s scouting the landscape for plants ...