> When you buy something using the retail links in our stories, we earn an affiliate commission that helps pay for our work. Read more about Outside’s affiliate policy. If a lousy winter has you thinking about spring, you're in luck.…

We’re starting a Facebook group where it’s safe to dig deep into politics There’s no denying that politics and the outdoors are linked. Most of our favorite playgrounds are federally owned, meaning what happens in Washington, D.C., affects our wild…

> REI announced Thursday it will halt all future orders from CamelBak, Giro, Camp Chef, and Blackburn. All those brands fall under a single parent company, Vista Outdoor, which also owns a semi-automatic rifle maker. Over the past week, consumer frustrations have…

> In a 58-page report released Tuesday, the White House listed hundreds of items imported from China that will be subjected to steep tariffs. Despite concerns to the contrary, outdoor gear and apparel are not on that list, but machines…

For pickups and vans, there’s no better bike carrier I’m always mystified when there’s consumer demand for a product but manufacturers don’t respond. It’s like the update to the Micro Bus, which Volkswagen sat on for years despite huge demand. The…

> When you buy something using the retail links in our stories, we earn an affiliate commission that helps pay for our work. Read more about Outside’s affiliate policy. While the pocket knife is probably the essential tool, the axe is a…

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is creating a dream team to save our oceans Marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson fell in love with the ocean when she was five years old, during a family trip to Key West. She has spent her…

> On Friday, Congress passed a $1.3-trillion spending measure to keep the federal government open through September, and it includes some major changes to how we fight, and pay to fight, wildfires. It’s about time. In 2017, the government spent…

> Of the 76 outdoor industry brands that have signed on to Camber Outdoors’s CEO Pledge since it was created in 2015, about 15 now have a woman as president or CEO. That’s a small number, but it’s also progress:…

> Some people will tell you that having your name on the top of a 0.9-mile segment leaderboard doesn’t matter. I suggest that you remove these people from your life.They are what the youth today call “haters” and what I…