Presidents Day is celebrated in the United States on the third Monday of February.  In Klamath Falls, Oregon, that entire weekend is dedicated to the Winter Wings Festival and birds . . .

Gourmet Morel Mushrooms for Free . . . Our early ancestors survived by foraging for wild foods.  Many of us relive a deeply buried memory of that heritage when we experience the joy in successfully finding, and ultimately consuming, a gourmet wild edible.  Morel mushrooms are a premier delicacy in many parts of the world. The […]

We are developing an automated news aggregator to bring you up-to-date news on outdoor recreation topics. As we work on this, you may see odd posts. Eventually we will get that cleaned up so appropriate posts show up here.

Cairn, a Bend, Oregon, firm, offers a subscription service that provides outdoor products to subscribers on a monthly basis. In this article I’ll explain how this works, describe the kinds of things you might get in your packages and the monetary value of the service. I am addressing the standard monthly subscription box rather then […]

• IMBA Trail Grants • Tariffs and the Outdoor Industry • Rocks Close Zion Trail • Enhancing the Antiquities Act • Video of the Week: Rio Grande del Norte National Monument •

• New Mexico and Park Backlog • Newspapers on LWCF • How big is outdoor recreation? • Outdoor Recreation & Tourism Management • New Walker River Park in Nevada • Video of the Week: Backpacking the Cloud Peak Wilderness •

• Montana and the L&WCF • VF Corp. Moving to Denver • Refuge Outdoor Festival • Safeguarding Summer • Air Quality at National Parks • Video of the Week: North Cascades National Park •

Copalinga Nature Reserve On Monday, Rainforest Trust announced that it has helped establish an important new reserve at the eastern gateway to Podocarpus National Park, which holds the greatest concentration of biodiversity in Ecuador. Rainforest Trust teamed up with local partner Fundación Jocotoco to purchase the 370-acre private property that houses ecotourism facilities with the objective […]

• Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative • Wilderness Legislation Introduced • Wyoming Offers Recreation Funds • Keep Long Valley Green Campaign • Yosemite Remains Closed • Video of the Week: Bikepacking Might Kill You •

• Park Funding Bill Introduced in House • Fire Closes Yosemite • Veterans Support LWCF • Congressional Scorecard for the Outdoors • Confluence Accords • Video of the Week: Big Bend National Park •

• Louisiana Starts Coastal Rec Projects • Jesse Owens State Park • Updates at Antietam • Olympic Peninsula Protected • Winning the West Poll • Groups Highlight Klamath Issues • Video of the Week: Grand Isle, Louisiana •

• No Newsletter Last Week • Tasmania • Restore Our Parks Act • Wildlife Enthusiast Magazine • Quebec Invests in Outdoor Recreation • Trailbikers Ticketed • Video of the Week: Tasmania •

• Park Service Rescues • Outdoor Recreation for Rural Areas • LWCF Concerns • Navigating Outdoor Minnesota • Securing Wood Buffalo Park • Video of the Week: Wood Buffalo National Park •

• Groups Support Uranium Mining Ban • Funding for Rec Study Progresses • Yosemite Joins YourPassNow • Hiking Asheville, North Carolina • After 38 Years, Investigation Warms Up • Video of the Week: Chimney Rock State Park •

• Rhino Dry Bag Backpack • New at Oregon Office of Outdoor Rec • Finding Recreation in Minnesota • NRPA Announces Awards • Outdoor Stewardship Guide • Video of the Week: Canoeing •

• National Get Outdoors Day • Kilkenny Outdoor Festival • Bison Gores Woman • RockyMounts Moves to Grand Junction • Pacific NW Trail Maps • Video of the Week: Steer with Your Heart – The Voyage of the Swell •

• Crater Lake National Park Update • 5000 Miles of Wild • Noise at Olympic National Park • New National Recreation Trails • Michigan Recreation Advisory Council • Video of the Week: Guadalupe Mountains National Park •

• Protection for Verde River • Support for LWCF • Cell Service at Mount Rainier • Hiker Dies at Yosemite • Fire Danger Closes Forests • Video of the Week: Half Dome Trail •