Southside Project
National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service and are designed to be prosperous for all American citizens, under the protection rights to conserve an...
Paddling
Find paddling gear, river guides, and stories from the water here. Kayaking, canoeing, rafting, and stand-up paddleboarding all have a home in the Blue Ridge, in both whitewater and flatwater settings. We’ve got your best river destinations and plans ready, from the Youghiogheny in Pennsylvania and West Virginia’s New River Gorge to the Green in North Carolina and the Chattooga of Georgia – plus everything in between.
Outdoor Updates: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup at Snowshoe + Gauley Season is Here
Photo by Kurtis Schachner at Snowshoe Mountain ResortUCI Mountain Bike World Cup Finals at SnowshoeSnowshoe Mountain's bike park will reopen tomorrow, ...
All In a Day’s Work
Nakiesha Bridgers leads a trip on the river.How did outdoor professionals get their start?As more people are headed outside, outdoor recreation is incr...
Your Beatering is Not Cool
The rise of beatering - frankly some of y'all are starting to sketch me out. Whitewater is enjoyed best by doing it well....
Okefenokee Threatened by Mining (Again)
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is the largest wilderness area in the East, and it's the largest blackwater swamp in North America. With thousands of a...
Affordable Adventure
You don't need a ton of money or expertise to explore the outdoors—especially in Chattanooga Growing up, Bailey O’Sullivan’s family moved about every ...
Lanier Lap: 100-Hour Paddle
Josh Forester is attempting a record-setting 400-mile, 100-hour paddle around Georgia’s largest lakeHave there ever been similar lake circumnavigations?...
Happy Birthday West Virginia!
Every year on June 20th, the Mountain State celebrates a very special day – its birthday! This year West Virginia is turning 156 years old. How much do you kno...
Bad Boys of Whitewater
Meet the Long Creek GangstersA thick mist hung over the Chattooga River as the sun rose, bringing the home known as Thugz Mansion to life. A familiar quest...
Outdoor Updates: Three men to cross Lake Erie on paddle boards
Three men to cross Lake Erie on paddle boardsYesterday morning three men set out to paddleboard across Lake Erie to raise money for the Cooperative Institu...
Summer Camp for kids who are blind
Zip, hike, raft, wadeSummer vacation—it’s something almost every school-age kid eagerly anticipates. But that wasn’t the case for Sam Chandler at age 11. S...
White Water Healing: Paddling with Purpose
Whitewater Healing helps kids with autism brave new watersPut a bunch of kids with autism and their families in rubber rafts and shoot them through the Nan...
Hometown Heroes
Locals reveal their favorite spots for in-town adventureIt’s five o’clock on a Wednesday afternoon. You want to get outside after a long day of work or cla...
Urban Paddling
When you think about paddling in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, rivers like the Gauley, James, Nantahala, and Chattooga get a lot of the love.While these...
