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Op-Ed: The New Theodore Roosevelt Library Is a Tribute to Conservation. Ironically, President Trump Was Its First Official Visitor.

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By Mike Bezemek Verified
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The grand opening of a North Dakota museum dedicated to the father of American conservation sparked quiet tension during a visit from Donald Trump—during a growing national debate over the protection of public lands. President Trump gives a speech at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library (Photo: Leigh Vogel) “TRAIL CLOSED,” declared a half-dozen signs. I was mountain biking through rolling badlands when I unwittingly coasted past a security perimeter.
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The Mysterious Story of Moncacht-Apé, the Yazoo Explorer Who Walked Across America

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By Mike Bezemek Verified
| Outside Magazine Verified
After a devastating personal loss, I spent a year tracking the clues of a 300-year-old mystery to show how a nearly forgotten Indigenous explorer reached the Pacific a century before Lewis and Clark. (Photo: David David Gallery, Philadelphia USA/Bridgeman Images, altered by Drue Wagner) It feels like wading through a sea of green. With every step, sword ferns and prickly branches slap at my pant legs and sleeves. I can’t see the ground, so I search for footing between slick rocks and spongy mosses.
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A State-by-State Guide to an Iconic Road Trip Along the Oregon Trail

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| Outside Magazine Verified
“I don’t know about you,” said the cowboy in his booming Wyoming voice. “But when I follow these old trails, I can just see the wagons coming up over the hill.” My wife and I were chatting with this friendly old-timer at a multi-use trailhead, out where the sagebrush desert meets the Rocky Mountains. We were clad in hiking clothes, while our new acquaintance was decked out like John Wayne. He stared at the horizon, imagining oxen-pulled wagon trains sending up dust.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Sure, as a kid. But I'm not hauling one around the country and setting it up in campgrounds.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Laptop, MS Word, internet, books, research articles, camera, lenses, Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop, kayak, bike, boots, camper, truck.

Why did you become a journalist?

I had a long interest in writing, particularly narrative storytelling. Some of my work is creative first-person and some is journalistic