Showing posts with label national parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national parks. Show all posts
Saturday, September 20, 2025

Outdoor Groups Supporting & Celebrating Diversity

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I am a firm believer of "representation matters."  I ran across this Field Mag article on the Children & Nature Facebook page,...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Pride Month: Out In the Wild

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June. Pride Month. A time to honor our  right to joy,  resilience, and a reminder that we all have the  right to be free  and to be our own ...
Saturday, January 11, 2025

President Jimmy Carter's Environmental Achievements

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With his passing on December 29th at the age of 100, his funeral on January 9th, and his body being in the DC U.S. Capitol this week for peo...
Saturday, June 8, 2024

Watching Wildlife

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As the weather is growing nicer in a lot of parts, here's some great advice from the National Park Service for anyone who may be out an...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

Nutty About National Parks

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Yes, it is back to school season, but just because the books are out and the classes are filled, that doesn't mean we are at the end of ...
Saturday, July 1, 2023

11 Outdoor Adventures to Have This 4th of July Weekend

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July 4th weekend is here! Trying to figure out what to do? Here are 11 ideas on some outdoor adventures (because 11 is the perfect number ma...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

October Colors Surround

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During the fall, it almost seems like every day of October, the colors shift so subtly yet significantly--sometimes changing right before yo...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Cherry Blossom Season

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Washington, D.C. is a beautiful city in the spring...especially when the Cherry Blossoms pop. I've been fortunate enough over the years ...
Saturday, September 18, 2021

Tips for Taking Care of Our Hiking Trails

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Back in February I shared my friend Holly's Hiking Manifesto . She's been embarking on the 52 Hike Challenge this past year. She had...
Saturday, August 8, 2020

Great American Outdoors Act

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Things that are important are worth doing, doing well, and spending valuable time on. Since 1964, 5+ decades worth of time has been spe...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Google Adventures with the National Parks

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Escaping to exotic locales is high on everyone's wish list right now, but not at all in anyone's reality. Sounds like the perfect ...
Saturday, February 1, 2020

Trailforks: Making It Easy to Trailblaze

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In the attempt to unplug and get more hours out in the great outdoors, hiking and biking are two great ways to go about that. State or Natio...
Saturday, October 26, 2019

#SaveQuiet

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As the recent host of a slumber party with seven 14 year old boys in my house, I know loud. These were perhaps some of the loudest people...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018

A Golden Experience, Biking the Bridge

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We've just returned from a whirlwind trip to California. We packed about as much into a week as we possibly could in the Silicon Valley ...
Saturday, July 2, 2016

Park Match From "Funny Or Die"

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Leave it to " Funny or Die " to take a twisted turn on the National Parks #FindYourPark  and the many National Park Service apps t...