1. Making Playgrounds Real
By Eric Galatas, Public News Service – CO – Producer March 23, 2021 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Plastic- and rubber-dominated playgrounds in Colorado Springs have added winding pathways with tall grasses, gardens,...
2. The Outdoor Recreation Ec...
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released statistics today measuring the outdoor recreation economy for the nation, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia. The new U.S. data show that the outdoor recreation economy...
3. Lilac
May Night The spring is fresh and fearlessAnd every leaf is new,The world is brimmed with moonlight,The lilac brimmed with dew. Here in the moving shadowsI catch my breath and sing —My heart is fresh and fearlessAnd over-brimmed with...
Survival Hiking Staff vs Survival Kit
The other day, I came across a custom made hiking staff from www.custommade.com. This particular staff incorporates a survival kit into it. Survival on a Pole The people at Custom Made took a...
The Best Hiking Trails
People are always producing lists of the 10-best, 10-worst or 10-whatever you can imagine about outdoor recreation. Let’s take a look at a few of the 10-best (or toughest) trail lists that...
Forest Kindergarten
Posted by Jerry - Your Pathfinder on Oct 26th, 2015 in Activities, Featured, Policy, Situations, Video | 0 comments
One front in the effort to get kids outdoors enjoying natural play is kindergarten. The idea is that if pre-kindergarten and kindergarten-aged kids spend everyday exploring outdoors they will...
Route verte – Bicycling Quebec
Route verte (“Green Route”) is a bicycle route system that covers the province of Quebec, Canada with 3300 miles of bikeways, and growing. Vélo Québec, a bicycle club, developed the...
America’s Great Loop – 6,000 Miles on ...
If you are looking for a major water-based adventure, the Great Loop may be for you. All it requires is a boat (maximum draft 5 feet, maximum height 19 feet, minimum fuel range 250 miles), some...
New National Park for Maine?
Posted by Jerry - Your Pathfinder on Oct 19th, 2015 in Featured, Philosophy, Policy, Situations | 0 comments
Roxanne Quimby is a successful businesswoman, most noted for co-founding Bert’s Bees personal care products company, a philanthropist and conservation advocate. When she sold Bert’s...
Volunteering Outdoors – Trail Maintenance
Posted by Jerry - Your Pathfinder on Oct 17th, 2015 in Activities, Adventure, Featured, Helping | 0 comments
I recently took a hike on the Badger Lake Trail in the Sky Lakes Wilderness of south-central Oregon with a group of friends. Nothing unusual about that and we’ll have a story and video...
Exploring History with Lesson Plans
Historical exploration can take many forms. If you are a member of the Discover Club, you can download our ebook on one approach. However, before we can enjoy historical exploration we must have...
Off Grid Power for Yellowstone
When visiting National Parks we expect to enjoy the quiet beauty they offer. At some National Park facilities, however, electricity is is not available from the grid and noisy, polluting,...
Survival Lessons from the National Parks
A lot of people died this summer in the National Parks of the U.S. I didn’t highlight these deaths in the weekly Outdoor News simply because I didn’t want to discourage anyone from...
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