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Pack your binocs on these day trips along fall migration paths.

The popular Lake Serene Trail traverses through Weyerhauser property, and now they want to cash in.

The new 33-acre forest is called John Sunman's Woods Nature Preserve.

Two years after a massive leak at Aliso Canyon, protesters are still fighting to shut it down permanently.

The federal government is forecasting a mild La Nina. Local meteorologists aren't sure.

Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows to officially announce a high-speed link, but environmental advocates aren't on board.

An Oakland couple got stranded overnight after getting disoriented.

Two hikers reported a vehicle in the parking lot after completing a hike on Sauk Mountain. Officials connected it to a missing man.

The Japanese therapy, also known as shinrin-yoku, now has certified guies in New England.

Two hikers on the PCT in Chelan County are safe.

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The National Park Service is considering a fee hike in more than a dozen of the system's most popular parks.

A pilot program will let you purchase daily passes using an app.

After years of administrative fighting, the BLM recommended that 53,000 acres be closed to shooting—but 443,000 acres will stay open.

Global warming sounds like it would be good for deserts, right? Not so—at least when it comes to the southwest's iconic silhouette.

The Tupper Triad is a hike up Coney, Goodman, and Arab mountains. Now it's a race, too.

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The new Adventure Tourism Program is the first of its kind in the country.

The new active-wear company launched an Aspen pop-up this summer—to booming success.

Colorado bested seven other states in a series of benchmarks measured by the Center for Western Priorities.

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Since August, eight people have been charged with 191 criminal counts in a huge poaching case in southeast Washington.

Olympic National Park awarded a $2.2-million contract to demolish and rebuild cabins at Log Cabin Resort.

Some 50,000 birds stop off here for winter nesting after flying in from Alaska or Siberia.

Kato, 36, was lost on Missouri Mountain recently. Here's how he survived.

Four Lake Tahoe cubs have tested positive for a rare virus that has already killed two other cubs.

Vireos, lesser goldfinch, and scrub jays have flown the Northern California fires—and the Audubon Society is taking notice.

The so-called Wilson fire has burned 30 acres and threatens the history Mount Wilson Observatory.

Two bodies were discovered in Joshua Tree National Park last Sunday, and one mane believes it's his missing son and his girlfriend.

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The trail, starting near Rancho Vistoso and extending to Big Wash, is the first part of a plan that would reach Tortolita Mountain Park.

The non-profit Center for Western Priorities placed Arizona second-lowest in its scorecard of public lands, recreation, and conservation.

Heather Bolint, 1,124 miles into her hike, came across a fancy rooster near the Mason-Dixon Line. She carried him 42 miles to safety.

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From Civil War sites to cascading waterfalls, North Georgia is full of great fall hiking options.

NASA is joining with The Nature Conservancy's North American Cities program to prioritize greenspace in Atlanta.

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Environmental groups support a change that would allow small projects to circumvent "forever wild" status.

The Nature Conservancy is running an eight-day event to restore habitat after Hurricane Sandy.

Nothing gets the heart pounding like seeing a wild bear up close (but hopefully not too close). Strap on your pack, grab your camera, and hit one of these ten trails where bruins roam free.

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The historic pathway around Geneva Lake takes all day (and includes brunch).

A Sierra Club writer dishes on his thru-hike of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative seeks to increase $2.5B annual economy

John Ayers, an undergrad at Cal State Fullerton, describes his summer adventures to Yosemite in his own words.

As of Thursday, 16 fires have consumed 158,000 acres, killed at least 23, and destroyed 3,500 homes.

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Fall and winter camping season has begun on the Tonto, and there are plenty of options.

Arizona State Parks and Trails won the gold medal for best managed park system by the National Recreation and Park Association.

A 57-year-old Valley man drowned while trying to swim through a swirling pool of water known as the "toilet bowl."

The initiative is a collaboration between developers, conservationists, government officials, and more.

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Visitors on Telluride's own two-mile "iron way" have reached 3,000 climbers.

Antonio’s Real New York Pizza posted surveillance video showing a mama and her two cubs breaking into the kitchen.

Daniel Hohs, 31, was about 1.5 miles from Mount Galbraith trailhead when responders got a call from his companion.

312 RiverRun will join three parks by a new path along the Chicago River.

An undiscovered 12-acre plot has become a new preserve, which will be a sanctuary for monarch butterflies.

A series of reports show how far we've come in protecting salmon in the Northwest—and how far we still need to go.

REI just closed the deal on a $49.3 million property in Bellevue's Spring District—the future site of its headquarters.

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Liddy Breeden woke up to quite a surprise on Monday morning.

A mass of warm water—known as "the blob"—has had lingering effects on numbers of juvenile salmon.

Extremely toxic pesticides like carbofuran are being used to grow marijuana on California's public lands.

With a cost of $24 million, the new bridge helps repair extensive damage from mudslides earlier this year.

A backcountry taco hut has popped up six times on the JMT—then disappeared.

A 55-year-old California man was 1.4 miles up the Crater Lake Trail when he apparently succumbed to a heart attack.

A man found a human skull while hiking at the Mud Lake Open Space