Travel Tips and Gear Reviews
How To: You can dehydrate ground beef, but there’s a trick
One thing I love to bring in the backcountry with me is dehydrated ground beef. You can prep it at home with a dehydrator in under 7 hours and it makes a hearty addition to any starch.
Camping and backpacking tents on a budget
If you're just jumping into the world of outdoor recreation, one of your first purchases is probably going to be a tent.
There are hundreds...
With National Park entry fees about to skyrocket, the annual pass...
News that the National Park Service will most likely raise entry fees at many of the nations most beloved National Parks rocked the outdoor...
The best hiking socks I’ve ever worn
If you're going to be even moderately serious about hiking, you're going to have to ditch the old cotton socks you can grab at Walmart.
Nearly Smokeless: Backyard firepit highlighted by Popular Science Magazine
The Solo Stove Bonfire received some significant kudos from Popular Science magazine this month.
The patented technology used by Solo Stove allows for logs to...
Oru — The bombproof kayak that folds into a suitcase
There was always a list of rational reasons why I shouldn't own a kayak. At the top of that list-- storage and transportation.
Wildlife
Arkansas man finds two-headed rattlesnake
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has confirmed that a two-headed rattlesnake discovered by a power company employee is real.
Endangered Parrots moved to shelter as Hurricane Maria batters Puerto Rico
This is the second time in two weeks.
Endangered parrots took shelter from Irma in a hurricane proof building
When Hurricane Irma began bearing down on Puerto Rico, the USFWS moved all the Puerto Rican parrots at the aviary to a Hurricane proof building.
National Parks
Why there’s never been a better time to own a camper
You can travel safely during the COVID-19 pandemic
It was April 8, a few days before Easter Sunday, and the entire country was on its...
National Park closes trail so helicopter can purge tons of human waste
A popular hiking trail at Zion National Park in Utah was temporarily shut down this week so helicopters could evacuate 16,000 lbs. of human...
NASA: Ozone Hole is the Smallest since 1988
According to scientists from NASA and NOAA, warm temperatures in the Antarctic led to a smaller ozone hole this year.
The "hole" in the Earth's...