http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.5/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. No publisher Sarah Jane Keller public lands National Parks yurt Keywords suggest changing demographics outdoor recreation tourism statistics Sarah Jane Keller 2013-03-18T21:48:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15725 Jeremy Parriott is working with friends to create a 320-acre extreme-sports playground near Moab, Utah, to give four-wheelers and others a place to play off the public lands No publisher Jodi Peterson Off Road Vehicles Jeremy Parriott Area BFE extreme sports Moab Utah public lands outdoor recreation rock climbing off-road vehicles four-wheeling mountain bikes Kiley Miller Adrien Brody Moab Times-Independent Bruce Bunker San Juan County 2012-03-30T21:43:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/nothing-to-lose-but-your-leash When did human beings become slaves to their dogs, required to take them everywhere, even cross-country skiing? No publisher Tim Hauserman human-pet relationships humor spoiled dogs picking up after dogs outdoor recreation Cross-country skiing Lake Tahoe dogs 2012-02-08T21:49:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/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. No publisher Alan Durning nonprofit youth groups Boys Outdoor Leadership Development backpacking BOLD Mountain School urban youth group camping permits outdoor recreation National Park Service YMCA Forest Service Wilderness hiking public land access inner city youth Forest Service 2008 Guide and Outfitter Regulations commercial outfitters NOLS camping 2011-12-06T22:16:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/shifting-gears-wearing-lycra Is it possible to buy a new mountain bike without buying tons of other stuff? No publisher David Feela Mountain bikes consumerism sports gear outdoor recreation bicycles bike shops 2011-07-08T15:07:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.11/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. No publisher Daniel Kraker public land access fees hiking Jim Smith Fee demo program Red Rock Pass outdoor recreation Forest Service Bureau of Land Management Western Slope No Fee Coalition 2011-07-06T14:33:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.10/states-work-conservation-into-trust-lands-management Urban sprawl helps spur new efforts at compromise in managing state trust lands. No publisher Nathan Rice Washington Department of Natural Resources logging Western state trust lands Blanchard Mountain outdoor recreation Community Forest Trust timber industry 2011-06-22T14:24:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15613 A landowner locks a gate on a road into Arizona’s Aravaipa Canyon, highlighting an increasingly bitter debate over access to public lands in the West No publisher Renee H. Guillory Access And Inholding Norma Tapia Aravaipa Canyon public lands private property public access inholdings outdoor recreation hiking ORVs Jim Palmer Graham County Arizona BLM Sal Palazzolo Arizona Game and Fish Department The Nature Conservancy Diane Drobka Tom 2011-05-16T23:24:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.3/arizonas-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. No publisher Jay Canode Arizona wild and scenic rivers stream restoration park overuse outdoor recreation Forest Service Fossil Creek dam removal public access 2011-02-25T15:38:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.1/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. No publisher Laura A. Watt Sierra Nevada John Muir Trail wilderness William Tweed preservation National Park Service outdoor recreation parks and monuments Uncertain Path 2011-01-19T19:53:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.22/the-blms-conservation-experiment Interior Secretary Ken Salazar tells the BLM to get serious about managing the National Landscape Conservation System. No publisher Emilene Ostlind Bureau of Land Management Interior Department National Landscape Conservation System outdoor recreation Ken Salazar 2010-12-22T15:25:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17105 Wayne Hare, a black park ranger, talks about the importance of diversity for the future of the West. No publisher Wayne Hare diversity national parks blacks and outdoor recreation minorities Wayne Hare African Americans 2010-12-15T17:15:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16536 As enjoyable as mountain biking is, bikes simply don’t belong in the wilderness, partly because the faster you travel through a place, the smaller – and tamer – that place begins to seem. No publisher Greg Hanscom International Mountain Bicycling Association IMBA Wilderness backcountry skiing downhill skiing solitude Tom Ward wilderness areas mechanized transport 1964 cross-country skiing outdoor recreation Wilderness Act Mountain biking trail running backpacking 2010-10-26T22:12:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16386 In Wyoming, oil and gas workers and the Wyoming AFL-CIO have joined environmentalists, ranchers and homeowners in protesting the sale of energy leases in the Wyoming Range of Bridger-Teton National Forest No publisher Allison Gerfin protests Oil and Gas Wyoming Trout Unlimited mule deer Jeff Boula Wyoming AFL-CIO elk hunting Tom Reed moose BLM forest health energy leases Oil and gas grizzly Range outdoor recreation Bridger-Teton National Forest drilling leases fishermen wolves 2010-10-18T22:26:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/taming-the-river-wild Proposals to make dangerous rapids safer rouse controversy among avid river-users. No publisher Sarah Gilman drowning Cascade Raft and Kayak Staircase Rapid dangerous rapids outdoor recreation Frog Rock Rapids outdoor safety River rafting 2010-10-22T16:06:14Z News Article