38,000 miles of trail: 18 Thru-Hikes
Warren Doyle hangs up his boots after 38,000 miles on the A.T. Warren Doyle knows how this story should begin. “A 46-year-old love affair ended last ...
Mason Adams
Climate Change: Present Tense
Let’s stop talking about climate change in the future tense. Climate change is happening here and now, right in our Blue Ridge backyard. The floods caught e...
Supreme Court Weighs Uranium Mining Ban in Virginia
For decades, uranium mining has been banned by state law in Virginia. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the state has authority to ban mining, or ...
The Outdoor Ballot: Which midterm elections matter most?
Most people don’t associate the outdoors with politics and government policy. Around Washington, D.C., and state capitals, many take to the woods with the expli...
Culture Clash: Can the Outdoors Bridge a Widening Sociopolitical Gap?
The sun is shining, the temperature is perfect, and the stars are lining up for an action-packed day of adventure out in the woods. But as you pull into the tr...
The Tree Sitters’ Last Stand
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in October. Both are intended to run frac...
Bent Mountain Tree-Sit Ends: Pipeline Protesters Ordered Down by Federal Judge
Red and Minor Terry end a 34-day tree sit aimed at halting the Mountain Valley Pipeline through their property. Another tree sit continues nearby....
The Tree Sitters: Activists Have Halted Pipeline Construction
Pipeline protesters take the trees to halt clearcutting and construction. 61-year-old Red Terry and her daughter are tree-sitting on their own land to stop the pipeline from being constructed through their property....
Flashpoint: Wilderness Under Assault
A GOP bid to allow bikes in wilderness threatens to crack a conservation coalition. In mid-November, the House Committee on Natural Resources voted 22-18 to ad...
The Dark Lord Rises: Don Blankenship and the West Virginia Senate
Don Blankenship, one of the most hated men in West Virginia is planning to run for Senate. ...
Fat Girl Running: Mirna Valerio is Out With a New Book
Mirna Valerio challenges every possible stereotype about weight, African-Americans, and the South in her new memoir....
The Places We Love Too Much
Appalachia’s most crowded outdoor gems and some less busy alternatives. ...
Happy Trails: New Beerways and Liquor Trails Lead to Classic Blue Ridge Adventures
These five favorite beerways and liquor trails lead to classic Blue Ridge adventures....
Trump and the Outdoors
How will the new administration affect your favorite public lands?...