News and Events

Administration sides with energy over environment in one of its final decisions

Bad forest news for local economies is good news for solitude seekers

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In which our hapless protagonist addresses some basic lessons in meteorology

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New York-based photographer releases 17-gigapixel image made from over 2,000 photos

Treadmobile lets fitness weirdos move while standing still

Watch Les Stroud attempt to survive the Colorado Rockies in this exclusive preview clip from tomorrow's new episode

Have you used up your tree allotment in your lifetime?

Notes on killer scenery, harsh weather and gear testing

Proposed road across Alaskan wildlife refuge could help save lives—or open the area to drilling

Les stroud plans to end successful Discovery Channel show after forthcoming third season

Ariz. runner hoofs it for a mile with fox attached to her arm

Colorado Senator-elect Mark Udall bags Himalayan peaks when he's not legislatin'

DNA testing identifies bones near crash site as belonging to billionaire adventurer

Think of poll lines as a very slow, important hike

Todd Palin sheds a single, solitary tear

Teenybopper gods join Laura Bush at National Parks Foundation event in Dallas

Big cats get loose on a Delta flight en route to new home

Design pitfalls that testers hate and you should avoid

Because nothing's scarier than nature out to get you

Just in time for Halloween, scary national park stories rise from the grave

The next-big-thing for the winter ultralight crowd

Climate change, pesticide pollution decimate world amphibian population

13-year-old boy ditches middle school for an 11-day solo camping trek

My short list of current go-to schwag

Tragedy, comedy, and foreboding

Solar cell material breakthrough offers nearly 100-percent efficiency

Park officials remove trees, add amenities to improve famous Tunnel View

Scientists criticize FDA ruling approving potentially toxic chemical used in bottles

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13-foot reticulated python killed owner after she tried to give it medicine

Apple app puts the world in your hand

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service submits plans to delist wolves again

Man raises $16,000 for children's charity by rowing 150 miles down the Wisconsin River in a massive squash

Utah politician/BP photog traces proposed Lake Powell pipeline by hike and bike

A personal peek at some promising new schwag I've been testing.

Full-body Lippi bag makes sleeping, breakdancing more fun

29 human-related bear deaths recorded in Yellowstone this year

Physical warmth creates warm social feelings

Do beards increase your wilderness trail cred? Yes.

BP Map Correspondent Jeff Chow dodges big carnivores while mapping Yellowstone for you

Cross-country lovers can spoil the environment with their fat carbon footprints

Vice presidential candidate calls the whale's federal endangered species listing 'premature'

'Dance floor' of dino prints found in Utah/Arizona national monument

Derek Mamoyac reclines comfortably, declines hospital centipedes

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Watch Kristin Hostetter on CBS' Early Show

Tom Clynes' "Above & Beyond" featured in writing anthology

Boy Scout merit badge espouses financial skills

Pathogen crossed from dead cougar to human

Steve Friedman's "The Long Trail to Jail" wins 2008 Gold Medal for Travel News/Investigative reporting

Biker attacked by bear on TODAY Show, stranded Mt. Adams hiker on CBS

Get out your hankies: French falconer gives gift of flight to loyal pet bald eagle

An Oregon solo climber crawls for days to survive, and you could too.

Walks in the park improve attention more than walks in the city, residential neighborhood

Gear Editor Kristin Hostetter shows you where and how to camp for fall

Climbing mag folds after six years and 25 issues

Doomed southwestern fish makes a comeback

Bush pushes to open more bike trails as his term sunsets

Two men set out to find wilderness amidst metropolis

Candidates weigh in on parks, the environment, and their favorite hike

Because selfish climbing is lame

State's icefields grow for the first time in 200 years

Addicts loot artifacts from public lands for meth money

Italian "Tom Perry" tops Kilimanjaro, big peaks sans shoes

Climate change's latest victim

Mexican cartel grow operations polluting forests, endangering visitors

Georgia girl hopes to visit all 391 National Parks before age 14

And apparently a lot of hikers aren't setting out prepared for weather

Dean Kamen's Slingshot could solve the world's water woes

Bad weather can't stop Backpacker.com from crossing Peru's high Andean passes

Officials investigate possible PA mountain lion encounter

'Get ready for the panda jams,' says Yellowstone

Park Service implants saguaros with microchips to prevent theft

Curry Village smashed by 1,800 cubic yards of mountainside

Also causes shortened ice-cream life span

$700 billion bailout includes tax credit for cycle commuters

U.S. plans to protect key habitat from oil drilling

Backcountry enthusiasts deserve a president who cares about trails. So we asked John McCain and Barack Obama ten tough questions–then polled 989 BACKPACKER readers to find out what matters to you in this election.