This Saturday, June 5th, get out and celebrate the trails and walking paths around you. It’s National Trails Day®! The past year have affected us all in different ways and often in the same ways. Across the board folks have found that spending time outside...
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There is much to be thankful for the season. And very little of it has to do with walking around inside, elbowing through the crowds and shopping. That’s why once again we’re locking arms with folks across the outdoor industry and shutter our online shopping cart...
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We are smack in the middle of celebrating PlayCleanGo Awareness Week (June 1–8)! Last month, we shared some ways to take action during this week. Now we want you to take photos of the work you're doing to help stop the spread of invasive...
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American Hiking Society's National Trails Day is the biggest trail event of the year, one we always look forward to participating in and promoting. It unites people and encourages them to improve the trails and public lands we love to use. If National Trails Day snuck...
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The first-ever PlayCleanGo Awareness Week will take place June 1–8, 2019! This means that if you still aren't sure about what PlayCleanGo is all about (though you should—we've been posting since November!), you will have an entire week to immerse yourself in PlayCleanGo principles, become an...
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Happy Earth Day! As publishers of outdoor recreation books, this day means a great deal to us. Without clean air, clean water, well-maintained trails, and public lands, we would have nowhere to enjoy and appreciate the great outdoors. Earth Day has been around for 49 years....
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In grade school, do you remember the decorated classroom doors? Each door had its own personality, distinct and characteristic of the teacher’s class. Looking back, one door in particular has been wedged in my brain. It was a colorful spring door that read, “April showers...
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Sometimes connecting the dots in what we enjoy in life happens in unexpected ways. I wonder how many people say that their passion for working to protect and restore our environment came from a paper towel. On my first camping trip at the age of 11,...
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If you’re like me, you have a love-hate relationship with February. I love the excuse to give and eat lots of chocolate, but it can get to be a bit much. I love planning my summer trips, but hate having to wait for better weather...
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A new year should be a fresh start, a new beginning. But what if it’s not? What if the problems of the past are still present today? (Doesn’t that sound like life?) That’s the problem with invasive species—plants, insects, animals, fish, and more—their seeds and...
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