Fake Merit Badges for Real Outdoor Achievements
Why should Scouts get all the rewards? Because we all deserve a little recognition for doing things well out there. (Brendan Leonard) (Brendan Leonard) (Brendan Leonard) (Brendan Leonard) (Brendan Leonard) Read more from Brendan Leonard at Semi-Rad.com.
Meet Your Controversial New Park Service Director
> There’s a new acting director for the National Park Service, and he has an interesting past. Most notably, P. Daniel Smith made headlines for the time he helped the owner of the Washington Redskins cut down trees on federally…
Mitt Romney: Environmentalists' Next Great Ally?
> Utah Senator Orrin Hatch has decided 42 years are enough. After orchestrating the reduction of two national monuments and a sweeping tax overhaul, Hatch announced Tuesday he would retire at the end of his term, in early 2019. There was…
Quiksilver CEO Lost at Sea
> A search is on in southwest France for Pierre Agnes, the 54-year-old CEO of the surf brand Boardriders—formerly Quiksilver—who is presumed lost at sea. According to local news reports, at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30, the Frenchman took…
National Parks Fee Increase Would Cost Local Towns
> In October, the Department of the Interior proposed an entrance fee hike that would roughly double the cost to visit 17 of the country’s most popular national parks. The National Park Service carries a $12 billion budget shortage, leaving…
Nike Announces Epic React Flyknit
> The U.S. running shoe industry experienced its own “Tickle-Me-Elmo” moment in 2017. Rather than a chortling Muppet, the object of consumer frenzy was a $250 racing flat: the Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4%. From the outset, the 4% was touted…
Testing the New Airstream Basecamp
This sleek little unit is great weekender, but it’s no match for our 23-foot-long Artemis when it comes to permanent road life My wife, Jen, and I cheated on Artemis, our Airstream, last weekend. The folks at Airstream offered to let…
What Was That Noise Outside The Tent?
Did you hear that? What was that? Some possibilities: A Bear That noise was a bear. That bear is going to either interact with you in a violent manner or leave you alone. Did you accidentally bring a Snickers…
A Timeline of Donald Trump's War on Public Lands
> Immediately after he took office, on January 20, 2017, President Donald Trump and his officials began opening up public lands to the energy industry. Ever since, it’s been hard to keep track of all the regulation rollbacks and revoked…
Saving BASE Jumping’s Most Famous Party
> Rose Moeser peers over the edge of West Virginia’s New River Gorge Bridge, watching the morning clouds wisp past her. The thick, white plumes extend down to the bottom of the nearly 1,000-foot ravine. “It seems like we’re standing…