Assignment #487: Celebrating Our Public Lands

Photo By Timothy Joyce

There were numerous reports this summer of record attendance at the country’s public lands as the travel starved began planning much-needed vacations in wide-open spaces. Did you brave a trip to a national park, monument, forest or public land this year? If so, we want to see how you beat the crowds to capture something special. Submit your best landscape, wildlife or nature images by September 22.—Kristan Ashworth, Managing Editor

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