Photos: (Top) In the Kettle River Range of Northeastern Washington, some ranchers are killing wolves to protect livestock that graze on public lands. A lone range rider works year-round using nonlethal mitigation methods to help prevent wolves from looking at cows as a food source—and to prove that coexistence is possible. OLIVER SUTRO (Middle) This is your brain while shopping. Well, an overly simplified version created from excess Patagonia fabric. ILLUSTRATION BY NAÍMA ALMEIDA (Middle) Goro Komatsu, Hiroshi Matsumoto and Atsushi Gomyo hike out from a backcountry route on the snowy island of Hokkaido in Japan. GARRETT GROVE (Middle) Too far inside, too far outside, too much in the channel or, worst-case scenario, too deep. DANIEL RUSSO (Bottom) The cinematic light of a late-summer evening illuminates a cloud of caddis flies above the riffles of the Missouri River, known for its blizzard-like insect hatches and chunky trout. JESSICA MCGLOTHLIN