Results for keyword: outdoor recreation
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Visitors to public lands seek different experiences than in the past
With demographic shifts, trendy activities like wildlife viewing and kayaking are increasing faster than traditional activities like hunting and backpacking.
by Sarah Jane Keller, Mar 18, 2013 -
Nothing to lose but your leash
When did human beings become slaves to their dogs, required to take them everywhere, even cross-country skiing?
by Tim Hauserman, Feb 08, 2012 -
The Forest Service discriminates against poor kids
A new Forest Service policy that requires commercial guiding licenses for groups of hikers and campers effectively excludes small nonprofits that bring inner-city kids to the wilderness for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
by Alan Durning, Dec 07, 2011 -
Shifting gears to a brave new world of Lycra
Is it possible to buy a new mountain bike without buying tons of other stuff?
by David Feela, Jul 07, 2011 -
A fee-dodging retiree forces a national forest to rethink access charges
A retired geophysicist named Jim Smith successfully challenges Arizona's Coconino National Forest on access fees.
by Daniel Kraker, Jul 05, 2011 -
States work conservation into trust lands management
Urban sprawl helps spur new efforts at compromise in managing state trust lands.
by Nathan Rice, Jun 21, 2011 -
Arizona's Fossil Creek gets restored -- and loved to death
Arizona's Fossil Creek, dramatically brought back to life, is now endangered by the hordes of people who love it.
by Jay Canode, Feb 25, 2011 -
Rethinking national parks and wilderness
William Tweed takes a loving but critical look at the National Park Service in Uncertain Path: A Search for the Future of National Parks.
by Laura A. Watt, Jan 24, 2011 -
The BLM's conservation experiment
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar tells the BLM to get serious about managing the National Landscape Conservation System.
by Emilene Ostlind, Dec 21, 2010 -
Taming the River Wild
Proposals to make dangerous rapids safer rouse controversy among avid river-users.
by Sarah Gilman, Oct 17, 2010
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