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I'm Matt Lipar ulo, a local resident of Colorado Springs. Due to our geography, I have spent a lot of my time taking pictures up and down the front range of the Rocky Mountains. I will be embarking on a 7,000 mile hike as a thru-hiker on the Appalachian Trail, as well as the Pacific Crest…

If you searched the country for summer camps, your results would be bountiful. Few of them would compare to Eagle Lake. Purchased by Dawson Trotman and the Navigators, Eagle Lake remains one of the best summer camps in the country. When it was purchased 1953 along with Glen Eyrie, it was included on one condition: that it be used for youth work. In 1957, a group of boys was taken camping on the property in some old marine tents. This was the birth of Eagle Lake. Eagle Lake offers onsite…

A glimpse into the mind of ON Ambassador Marshall Alford!

1. So Marshall, give us a brief synopsis as to how you became so involved in the outdoor world.

As I sit in the Nantahala Forest Office writing this interview on my lunchbreak, I reflect on the series of outdoor…

Well it is spring here in DC, a warm 65 and sunny. I do hope it stays this way, wearing shorts in January is a favorite pastime of mine. Anyway, weather report is now over. My previous music posts were only tenuously related to the outdoors and this one will prove no different with one caveat. The band takes its name from something that is the bane of many east coast outsiders existence, the deer tick. Unlike the parasite you will want to check this band out. Deer Tick (the band) hail from…

Wilderness Inquiry is now accepting applications for Trail Staff, Internships, and Urban Wilderness Boat Captains for summer 2012. If you love the outdoors and want to help people from all walks of life to personally experience the natural world, then this is the summer job for you! They are looking for people with outstanding leadership and decision-making skills, high energy, and a willingness to work hard.

If interested, please apply at online by going to…

Get 20% off your entire order at www.GrandTrunkGoods.com! Use coupon code STUDY-001 at checkout. Don't forget to select Outdoor Nation as your charity at check out!

Crawling like a baby on sticks, through sticks, and with sticks in my hair.  Branches grab my shoelaces and refuse to let go, trapping me in a maze of manzanita, chamise, and coyote brush so thick it's difficult to see my friend just six feet away.  But today we're on a mission, and even the new rips in my pants can't stop me.  Finally, the extreme bushwhacking pays off, and I find my prize: a small patch of Layne's butterweed (Packera layneae), a small and…

Grand Portage National Monument - LWCF

So, I've lived in northern Minnesota most of my life. There was a short stint in Alaska and a month in Costa Rica, but other than that, I've called this great place my home forever. I've even worked for the National Park Service in Minnesota! Yes, for one season I was a Naturalist/Interpreter at the great and beautiful Voyageurs National Park. So, you'd think that with that background, I'd be interested in visiting Grand Portage, to kind…

     When speaking to other Outdoor Nation members I feel as if I am preaching to the choir. These folks are already excited about being active and their curiosity has led them to become extremely knowledgeable about the world. What can I offer them? Today's post is not a travel advertisement for a distant…

Just outside of Escalante, Utah you'll find a massive National Monument called Grand Staircase National Monument. Having grown up in Utah, I remember at age 11 when President Clinton designated this area as a National Monument. I had been camping there many times with my dad prior to the National Monument designation but my most recent trip there was my first time since the designation. I was so pleased to see how well the area has been preserved. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land…

The hustle of a busy day, traffic, noise, man-made light drowning natures color palate, and the ever growing cityscapes and urban sprawl. All these things are wonderful in their own right, but if left unchecked will continue to grow and force their will upon the land. While it won’t seemingly affect most people at…

Just so you all know, I keep a nature and music blog with one of my good friends over at http://bardowls.blogspot.com/ Please check it out from time to time for free music downloads and my modest attempts at insight into nature. :)

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Outdoor Nation is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications from individuals between the ages of 18 and 28 who have innovative ideas for projects that will leverage the passion and power of young people to build support for public environmental education in California.

A signature program of The Outdoor Foundation and supported by a diverse coalition of public, private and not-for-profit partners, Outdoor Nation and its community of young ‘Outsiders’ are committed to…

The leaves are off the tree which means it's that singer/song writer time of year again. Time to pull out the old guitar and sing around the fire, unless of course, you live in DC (my residence) where the temperature is still in the sixties. My music recommendation this month is not for an album per se but for an artist. The Tallest Man on Earth or Kristian Matsson hails from the great north of Sweden. He is most often compared to Dylan, which is a title that many before him have donned but…

When young people are substantially and actively involved in shaping the future, they are empowered to be the next generation of stewards of the natural world and they understand the importance of their role in preserving it. Learn how to involve youth in conservation of our natural resources through community planning, environmental education, service learning, outdoor recreation, restoration projects and more!

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As an original founding member of Outdoor Nation, Nitish Nag is no newbie to the outdoors, but what I learned from talking with him is that he knows how to keep things fresh and exciting, always striving to reach new goals and starting initiatives to keep people healthy and get them outside!

AH: How long have you been on the ON leadership team, how did you become a member of Outdoor Nation?…

By Kate Wiltrout

 The Virginian-Pilot

© October 29, 2011



Fort Monroe will take its place among the nation's most revered places

on Tuesday, when President Barack Obama is expected to designate much

of the former Army base a national park.



U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said in a phone interview

Saturday that Obama would use powers granted to him under the

Antiquities Act to preserve the Hampton waterfront fortress and…

Trail Programs Manager



POSITION SUMMARY

The Trail Programs Manager will direct and implement multi-faceted trail outreach programs, including National Trails Day® (NTD) and the National Trails Fund. The Manager develops strong working relationships with trail and conservation organizations across the country. Key responsibilities include organization of NTD, the nation’s largest trail and outdoor celebration, event planning, coordination of corporate sponsorship and…