Practice Leave No Trace All the things you bring to your campsite or the backcountry should be taken out with you: trash, cans and other recyclables, extra wood, food, food scraps and fuel canisters. Be a good person, and pick up any trash in your camp that others may have left. Keep a Clean Camp […]
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On September 3, our nation will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. It wasn’t a smooth or easy process to create and pass a “Wilderness Act.” We can boast that the Act was practically born in our own backyard. Driven by Idaho’s Senator Frank Church, it would have never made it through Congress (according
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Backcountry alpine lakes are the summer equivalent of a hidden powder stash: highly coveted, accessible for only a short part of the year, and all the more special for the human-powered effort required to find them. To outsiders, the Inland Northwest is not known for its alpine lakes; the Central and North Cascades to the
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On July 26, the refuge is hosting the 1st annual Blue Goose Chase, a family friendly bike ride inaugurating the refuge’s new interpretive auto-tour route. Bike mechanics and support will be on hand while you and your family enjoy the twelve mile gravel loop at your own pace, stopping at interpretive signs explaining the homesteading
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This spring, dozens of outdoor fans let go of their inhibitions and danced to support Riverside State Park. The Outreach committee of the Riverside State Park Foundation jumped on the “HAPPY” bandwagon and sent a handful of amateurs and professionals with cameras into the park to capture “happy” users. Based on the popular song by
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The Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge east of Colville, Wash. is celebrating their 75th Anniversary with several events in July, including a butterfly count and the Blue Goose Chase bike ride. Gather at the refuge headquarters, 13 miles southeast of Colville, at 9:30 a.m. on July 12 to be part of the 3rd annual
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Waterfront Park at Medical Lake Fed by natural springs, Medical Lake west of Spokane is a tranquil gem that’s fairly shallow, with an average summer-time water temperature of 74 degrees. Waterfront Park, located on the lake’s south end, provides a small sandy beach and roped-off swimming area, with a nearby restroom (checked daily during summer)
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At almost 8,000 feet above sea level, the trek to Machu Pichu is difficult even for the fittest of tourists. But in 2013, a special group of hikers carried a wheelchair for 10 hours along the ancient Incan Trail. As they prevailed despite equipment malfunctions, treacherous terrain, and altitude sickness, Steve Gleason and his crew
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Named after President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 130-mile long lake is technically part of the Columbia River, although you wouldn’t know it by looking out across the wide expanse of current-free summertime water from one of the many lake-side recreation areas. With the construction of Grand Coulee Dam in 1941, Lake Roosevelt swelled, covering former
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I use to make a list of outdoor trips I wanted to do each year. Sometime in the middle of winter, my vitamin D deficient brain would drive me to my computer to type up a dream list of outdoor adventure objectives for the coming season. A section from a list I made in 2007
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