Outdoor Updates: N.C. Governor urges action to protect red wolves
N.C. Governor urges action to protect red wolves On November 22, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to David Bernhardt, Secretary of the U.S. Department...
Politics
Outdoor Updates: Supreme Court to Hear Cowpasture Case
Supreme Court agrees to hear Cowpasture case on how energy infrastructure is sited across the Appalachian Trail On October 4, 2019, the Supreme Court ...
The New Gender Rules in Sports
Are testosterone levels the best way to categorize male and female athletes? When an east coast-based cisgender ultrarunner—who asked to remain anonymous—sa...
Outdoor Updates: Trump administration legalizes toxic cyanide bombs to kill wildlife
Trump administration legalizes toxic cyanide bombs to kill wildlife In a nod of support to some ranchers and farmers, the Trump administration has reauthori...
Outdoor Updates: Toxic algae is killing dogs in the southeast
Toxic algae is killing dogs in the southeast Dog owners: beware. A toxic blue-green algae has killed four dogs in North Carolina and Georgia this week. The ...
Outdoor Updates: Escaped emu remains on the loose in North Carolina
Escaped emu remains on the loose in North Carolina If you happen to find yourself in central North Carolina and an unidentifiable animal enters your field o...
“Whatever you do to the land will come back to you.”
New mini-documentary highlights the indigenous fight to protect ANWR. Photo by: Greg Balkin "If they open the refuge, I'm gone," said filmmaker Dr. Len N...
Historic Land Controversies Re-emerge in Path of Pipeline
There’s a poem that keeps coming back to me. It’s one of those aphoristic poems that shows something so clearly it comes to embody a particular thought. That t...
Instinct and Empathy: The Challenges Female Hikers Face on the A.T.
My instinct told me to run. It also told me not to run while the man could still see me. Feigning calm, I walked slowly away from him and out of his sight. The...
Women Wednesdays: Nurse’s marathon world record denied for wearing pants
Nurse’s marathon world record denied because she wore pants Runner Jessica Anderson wanted to set the world record as the fastest woman to run a marathon dr...
Outdoor Updates: Sandal Shaming
Arizona sheriff’s office denies “sandal shaming” rescued hiker A hiker in Arizona had to be rescued after attempting a grueling 10-mile hike in Flagstaff’s ...
Massive Land Conservation Bill Passed + Scientists Discovered Why Zebras Have Stripes
The House of Representatives passes massive land conservation bill On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Natural Resources Management Act, the...
Quick Hits: Al Gore meets with VA residents trying to stop compressor station
Former Vice President Al Gore meets with Union Hill, VA residents trying to stop compressor station Former Vice President Al Gore and social justice advocat...
Camden County Spaceport withheld public safety documents + NC residents near coal ash facilities can get their water tested for free.
Groups sue Camden County Spaceport consultants for withholding public safety documents The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit today in Camden...
Quick Hits: Arlington, VA Resident sets world record + Natural gas producer in royalty dispute
Michael Wardian of Arlington, VA sets 10 marathons in 10 days world record Ultrarunner Michael Wardian ran 10 marathons in 10 days, finishing all of them wi...