This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land
Public lands may be an unfamiliar term to you, but chances are good that if you like to play outside, you’re very familiar with our country’s public lands! The United States...
What It Feels Like to Clean Up My Local Wilderness - As Told by a Wild Keeper
Cleaning up my local wilderness has brought me endless joy. I spend a few days a week out on the trail and it has always been so discouraging to see the litter thrown into ...
How Being Prepared Lessens Your Impact
You’re hiking along a trail on a beautiful spring day. There hasn’t been precipitation in weeks and the ground is dry. But then, you come around a corner and encounter a shaded bit of trail whe...
Give Back More Than You Take: The Importance of a Healthy and Intact Environment
Cheaha Wilderness encompasses 7,245-acres near the Talladega Mountains in Alabama. I have spent the morning meandering my way along many of the trails that crisscross this land. Sitting atop an...
We know many of you might already be familiar with practicing outdoor ethics, especially if you yourself have an outdoor education background and/or you’re prone to adventuring with people who ...
How to Minimize the Use of Single-Use Items in Your Daily Life
Going out to wild places to pick up trash is an amazing way to help lower our human impact on this planet. Collectively, this action does make a difference. Most of us who care about littering ...
