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Bear spray, plus a few other simple precautions, should keep you perfectly safe
Saying you care about diversity isn't enough. Seven outdoor professionals sound off on what real change means.
The BSA's latest policies are a step toward including other genders. Inclusiveness can't come soon enough.
The Department of the Interior is soliciting public input on the 27 monuments Trump ordered to review. Now’s your chance to speak up about what happens to them.
Trump has put 21 years’ worth of monuments under question. We can’t sit idly by as public spaces that celebrate diverse American experiences are put at risk.
On Cinco de Mayo, a group of swimmers will set out from a beach in San Diego and swim south, landing in Tijuana, in defiance of President Trump’s restrictions and rhetoric on immigration
Seems like everyone has a cause these days. These women are actually making good on their promises.
What happens when a Black woman decides to solo-hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine during a summer of bitter political upheaval? Everything you can imagine, from scary moments of racism to new friendships to soaring epiphanies about the timeless value of America’s most storied trekking route.
Remember that place that campaigned for Americans to move there if Trump won? Well (sigh), it's beckoning. Welcome to idyllic Cape Breton, population 132,000 and shrinking.
How two digital editors are using the online encyclopedia to advocate for women in our world
Hold your nose: we need to play dirty if we want to protect our public lands
A new bill would open up wilderness areas to bikes—but the arguments in favor of it don't hold water
Social media can expose tens of thousands of people to places in an instant. That's a double-edged sword.
We know President Trump wants Los Angeles to host the 2024 Olympics. But could his policies get past a new set of anti-discrimination rules for host cities?
Love playing on our public lands? It's time to help pay for them.
Almost 50 years ago, Richard Nixon commissioned a photography project called Documerica to illustrate miles and miles of environmental degradation, advocating for the need for the agency. The following are some of the most striking images from that project.
Is it time for environmental activists to take a different, more potent approach to mobilizing?
Over the past six years, there have been 20 shark attacks around Reunion Island. The deaths have inspired some surfers—most famously and recently Kelly Slater—to advocate for a cull. Susan Casey argues why that's a terrible, immoral, and totally ineffective way to deal with the problem.
A new executive order that opens the door to coal mining corporations is shutting off water to the rest of us
A new report details how complicated the National Park Service's deferred maintenance backlog really is—and why it shouldn't be used as a political weapon to privatize our parks
Apart from the Olympics, no one’s really watching the best athletes on the planet compete and perform live. Probably because their events are not very entertaining.
If we want to create a new generation of activists who care about the environment and women's rights, then children need to be exposed to political controversy
But that's finally starting to change—and these five CEOs, writers, and activists are helping to lead the charge
Former Navy SEAL Ryan Zinke opposes the Republican land heist. He may be the best environmental hope we have in this administration.
Professional athletes have more direct influence than ever before thanks to massive social media followings. Now’s the time to start using it.
I went a month without wearing concealer, powder, or mascara. It was scary at first but ultimately revelatory. Here's what I learned.
Ambreen Tariq started the Instagram @brownpeoplecamping to get people to rethink what being outdoorsy means
The Wyoming state government recently released a study weighing the pros and cons of transferring federal lands to the state. The results were unequivocal: it's a terrible idea.
Cordoning off half of the area of Earth is the only way to protect the world’s vulnerable wildlife and ecosystems
Studies have shown that green equals girly in the eyes of consumers. Except that's not the case in the outdoor industry, especially when it comes to the Ventura-based apparel company.
We should all be working to preserve the parks as we know them
Parks are for people, and people today want to be able to share their wildnerness experience with their friends online
Want a dog for the trail, mountain, water, or city? Forget going to a breeder. The best companion for you is also the cheapest and most ethical.
The reports of sexual harassment among NPS employees continue, with new revelations about Yosemite and Yellowstone
The founder of women’s climbing community Flash Foxy on the problem sexism in climbing gyms
It takes more than dedication to reach the podium. Athletes are bolstering raw talent with finely tuned training plans, power-packed meals, and catamarans that fly over the water.
The president of The North Face on President Obama’s support of the National Park Centennial and outdoor recreation
Foreign import tasked with rivaling dominant brown bear
And Charles Lindbergh’s grandson thinks he’s found a quieter way to fly
Who should we blame for the death of the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla? We can start with ourselves.
A new proposal to further entwine the National Park Service and corporate advertisers takes us further down a path we never should have embarked on in the first place
If the owners are responsible, the presence of off-leash dogs can actually make the outdoors a better place
While some groups celebrate the American bison as a conservation success story, we're slaughtering the animals by the thousands
IndefinitelyWild's weekly roundup of news from the outdoors. This week: More on Fort McMurray, the Federal Government's poop fetish, and the real reason Chris McCandless died
IndefinitelyWild’s weekly roundup of new and interesting developments in the outdoors. This week: Grizzly Bears, lionfish, wolves, And Rhinos. Oh my.
IndefinitelyWild’s weekly roundup of new and interesting developments in the outdoors. This week: ultralight tents and New Jersey on fire.
IndefinitelyWild’s weekly roundup of what’s new and interesting in the outdoors. This week: adventure bikes spied and urban spelunking underneath freakin’ Chernobyl.
Protesters have made genetically modified food a bogeyman, but it may be the key to feeding a growing planet
National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis has ordered a survey to determine if misconduct at the Grand Canyon represents a widespread problem
IndefinitelyWild's weekly roundup of what's new and interesting in the outdoors. This week: how Moby Dick sunk Ahab's ship using his "junk."
The beer maker pulled its latest commercial shortly after launching it
Welcome to the first installment of IndefinitelyWild-on-ϳԹ’s weekly news roundup. Here we'll feature interesting developments in the outdoors, tell you what we’re up to, and give you a peek behind the scenes as we make you great stories. Here we go! For American Visitors, Mexico is Safer than…
A new initiative aims to bring lumberjack fitness to city folk. How much eye-rolling should follow?
The animals currently face two great threats to their survival: global warming, and the U.S. government
One of nature’s most captivating big cats is so inbred that the species may be doomed
The California Coastal Commission's decision to oust its executive director has set in motion a chain of events that could change the character of the state's iconic coastline
Efforts among lawmakers across the west to help mule deer populations by allowing hunters to bag coyotes and mountain lions won’t work—it never has
After making billions of dollars in revenue from our national parks, Delaware North Companies is aiming to extort the federal government for even more. Enough is enough.
It's expensive, demanding, and in the eyes of the many cities that have refused to throw their hats into the five-ring circus, a total scam
A new bill could allow pipelines to make their way into your favorite wild lands
As the Paris talks continue, the brand's president calls for a concerted effort to bring about real change
Without hard numbers to demonstrate the value of our public lands and the recreation they support, Congress won’t take our needs seriously
Pro skier Angel Collinson lays out how the state’s refusal to obey federal clean air standards is costing athletes, businesses, and visitors
From the Sierra Club: The best way we have of maintaining recreation areas across the country is in danger of being cut off entirely.
When you’re stuck in the backcountry and need help, several states could bill you for the trouble of saving your life. It’s worth knowing where you might be held liable.
Three men BASE jumped from the One World Trade Center in September 2013. Six months later they were arrested. Their ongoing—and, many would say, harsher than necessary—legal battle raises the question: How serious a crime is leaping off a building?
It's time pro women got an equal number of slots to compete in triathlon's premiere World Championship event.
It's time for their doors to be shut once and for all
Climate change and the global demand for oil will persist whether or not Keystone is built
A hydrologist lays out why Great Plains groundwater is safe from possible leaks in the pipeline
It's been a national park for 50 years. One more step will ensure that it's safe forever.
The grizzlies of Yellowstone are about to be removed from the endangered species list. The surprising thing: that's probably for the best.
Plastic toys, on the other hand, rule! That's the takeaway from a recent Toys"R"Us advertisement. Fortunately, some recent public policy changes bode well for getting kids in need more than free toys.
The paragliding community is spitting mad about a video that purports to show a paramotor provocateur chasing and assaulting an owl for nearly seven minutes. But how do you identify the guy?
Cats are being blamed for killing billions of birds and small mammals in the United States every year, but off-leash, free-roaming, and feral dogs are responsible for a fair bit of damage to wildlife, too
The week's best articles, videos, and photos that I didn't post—until now. OLYMPICS The Olympics most painful moments in GIFS, Mashable Breaking down the Women’s Olympic Marathon, The Science of Sport On Yohan Blake, weight lifting, and muscle cells, Sports Illustrated Olympic bodies: They just don't…