News from the outdoors industry
Paul Daniel Smith was reprimanded for pressuring subordinates to let Daniel Snyder sidestep agency rules. Paul Daniel SmithThe new acting director of the National Park Service is a 31-year veteran of the agency who once received a reprimand after an investigation found that he misused his authority by permitting the billionaire owner of an NFL…
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The bill is a response to the White House’s rollback of protections for Utah public lands. The Trump administration plans a drastic reduction of Bears Ears National Monument.Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) joined 16 other democratic senators this week to introduce a bill that would legally codify the boundaries of more than…
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**A quick note: Y’all are weekend warriors, so you can appreciate our desire to make Valentine’s Day more action-packed. To start, we’re going to use Valentine as a verb. Our wit is cutting edge like that. Valentine’s Day was fun when we were kids. Remember the shoeboxes we decorated so all our classmates could deliver…
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LTA MANUFACTURING LLC OFFERS STORMASTER STORAGE DRAWERS AND BED SYSTEMS PACKAGES KANSAS CITY, Mo. – LTA Manufacturing LLC now manufactures the StorMaster Combo, which packages together two secure storage drawers beneath a 57″ wide LoadMaster bed system. Designed to provide unrivaled security and convenience, the StorMaster Combo is the perfect pickup bed accessory. Storage is…
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PORTLAND, Maine — Maine wildlife officials are conducting the largest statewide survey of bald eagles in the Pine Tree State in five years. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists and game warden pilots are conducting the survey of the iconic bird. It nearly disappeared from Maine in the 1970s, when there were only…
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Scouts BSA will begin to accept girls in 2019. The Boy Scouts of America announced today that it will change the name of its program for older youth from Boy Scouts to “Scouts BSA,” as the group prepares to open its ranks to girls and young women. The new name will take effect in February…
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Hopes to reduce goat population by 90 percent While they’ve become a symbol of Olympic National Park, mountain goats are not native to the area.Rising mountain goat populations in and around Olympic National Park are putting pressure on native flora and fauna and threatening tourists, federal and Washington state land managers say. Now, officials have…
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“It’s Jurassic Park,” says one local of the California preserve’s animal problem. Don’t worry–these kids at Sand to Snow National Monument are running out out joy, not to escape feral cattle. Hikers at Sand to Snow National Monument have to worry about more than the usual blisters: A large herd of feral cattle is roaming the area,…
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Outdoor Outreach on transforming young lives through the outdoors. If you’re a regular listener to this show, you’ve probably tasted the power of the outdoors. I remember my first time standing on a wave. You may remember your first time carving through powdery snow, your first long hike, or your first time camping under the…
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There’s more to rain than falling water. Here are the weirdest wet weather facts you didn’t know. 1. Virga, also called phantom rain, is precipitation that evaporates before it hits the ground. It often appears as wispy, gray streaks radiating from clouds, and is most common in desert environments. 2. Graupel, aka soft hail, looks…
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