By Chic Burge Fall is an amazing season for hiking on state and national forest backcountry trails, but it’s also a time of year that hikers and mountain bikers share the woods with hunters. While hunting accidents that involve hikers are relatively rare, it’s smart to play it safe by wearing bright colored clothing and […]
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Ideas and strategies to help parents work toward better health and wellbeing for their children as well as the entire family.
5 Tips for Healthier Kids Read More »
Budgets for the federal land management agencies been declining for 20 years, impacting wildlife, recreation, and taxpayers’ wallets.
Who Pays (and Doesn’t) for Public Lands? Read More »
Inland NW trail and conservation news for Sept.-Oct. 2021, including trail projects, Public Lands Day, volunteer projects and events.
Trailhead News: Projects, Public Lands Day, & Volunteer Events Read More »
Bored with your regular running routine? Need different terrain, new trails, or new running buddies? Here are 5 remedies to get out of a rut.
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Learn about the Kalispel Tribe’s Tribal Forest Protection Act project, called the Sxwuytn-Kaniksu Connections or “Trail” Project.
Kaniksu Connections Project Planned in NE Washington Read More »
Guest Editorial by Loren Drummond, WTA digital content manager Seattle, Wash. As a nonprofit organization, everything we do at Washington Trails Association—including how we use technology—is in service of our mission to help hikers and the lands we love. Our website, social media channels, our mobile app, our newsletters—we’ve created and curated them to reduce
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The Inland Northwest’s only outdoor adventure festival moved to Saturday, September 18 this year in hopes that the COVID public health situation would be improved, which unfortunately for organizers turned out not to be the case. To ensure a safe event, tickets will be limited this year to make social distancing easier and the whole
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Fall is a great season for exploring Conservation Futures properties. A Zoom meeting for public comments on the 8 prospective new properties is Sept. 9.
Explore Spokane County Conservation Futures Lands: Virtual Public Comments on Sept. 9 Read More »
Too much trash, toilet paper, and human waste has followed wilderness-loving masses into our public lands. We all need to follow basic Leave No Trace practices.
Are We Loving Public Lands to Death? Read More »
