Hispanic Heritage Collaboration
Above: Joe Camacho (photo courtesy Latino Outdoors). Joe Camacho debunks the myth that Latinos donβt care about the outdoors. Vivana Reyes finds βgreen therapyβ on Girl Scout hikes with her daughter, Vida. Ronald Quintero gets into mountaineering, starting on Mount Shasta. Those are just some...
NPS Smoking Ban Includes E-Devices
The National Park Service toughened smoking prohibitions in its national parks by including electronic smoking devices. Vapor exhaled from electronic cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) contains nicotine at a level roughly one-tenth of that found in second-hand smoke, the park service said....
A View from Mt. Tamalpais
This story is shared by African American Nature and Park Experience. by Teresa Baker I recently spent time on Mount Tamalpais with Ranger Matt Cerkel of the Marin Municipal Water District. I wanted to get a different perspective of the mountain and his opinion on...
Centennial Act: Nothing for POC
Obscured by Tuesdayβs massive, annual pass giveaway to American fourth graders and their families, the Obama administration also sent a bill, the National Park Service Centennial Act, to Congress that could mean a $1.5 billion infusion to the perennially resource-strapped park service on the verge...
Every Kid in a Park
On Sept. 1, families of fourth graders in the U.S. hit a lottery of sorts. As part of President Obamaβs βEvery Kid in a Parkβ initiative, all fourth-grade students and their families will receive a yearβs access to national park and other federally managed lands....
This Land is ‘Your’ Land
by Glenn Nelson It must be nice being a white columnist for The New York Times, able to outfit yourself and your daughter with the equipment and food necessary to hike 210 miles, freely travel to the Pacific Crest Trail, and not have to fret...
Fee-Free Tuesday at National Parks
Above: Headlamps from climbers are visible on the side of Mount Rainier (Glenn Nelson photo). Entrance fees are waived on Tuesday, Aug. 25, for all 408 National Park Service units, for Founderβs Day, celebrating the park serviceβs 99th birthday. Fees also will waived on two...
Jimmy Chin’s Gripping Documentary, ‘Meru’
‘Meru,’ with Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk. Directed by Jimmy Chin and E. Chai Vasarhelyi. Three renowned climbers navigate natureβs harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas. 1...
Bigotry on Olympic Trails
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This guest column originally appeared at Outdoor-Society.com). by Douglas Scott It was an unseasonably warm winter day in 2014, and I decided to take a quick run into the Brothers Wilderness on the eastern side of the Olympic Peninsula. Past the ever-popular Lena...
Lost in the Fires
I am haunted by a scene from about a week ago of young U.S. Forest Service firefighters taking a break at The Mazama Store, which I consider the best βhangβ in the Methow Valley, just across the Cascades in central Washington state. They were such...
More Wildfires?
(NOTE: This story, originally published on June 25, was updated on Aug. 12). by Glenn Nelson Many national parks in the West opened access and facilities much earlier than usual this year because of record-low snowpack, widely attributed to climate change. (NOTE: Clicking on an...
