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The state's shed antler hunting season opened on May 1. The annual hunt in Jackson usually draws hundreds of vehicles from around the country. They come to search for antlers, which elk shed around this time every year. However, because of a new state law, only Wyoming residents can participate for the first week this year.
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The organization Visit Carson City will pay two lucky hikers to hike the PCT on the new Capital to Tahoe Trail.
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The National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service are proposing new guidelines to manage climbing in wilderness areas. Much of the focus is on fixed anchor installations, and that has sparked frustration in both climbing and conservation communities.
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The “Blessing of the Skis and Snowboards” is an annual tradition where parishioners gather with their equipment to pray for safe adventures and a bounty of fresh snow.
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The Cog Railway in Manitou Springs has been bringing people to the top of Pikes Peak since 1891. It is the highest and longest cog railway in the world.
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Rural programs sometimes struggle to get funding, can have lower participation rates, and might have residents with lower incomes who can’t afford outdoors activities.
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After a summer of heat above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the mountains east of Phoenix Arizona are finally cooling off. An NPR reporter hikes into the Superstition Wilderness.
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Artificial Intelligence has the ability to write everything from cover letters to movie scripts. It’s also being used to write books about gathering food in the wild. But AI’s foray into foraging comes with risks.
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In 1923, Eleanor Davis became the first known woman to climb the Grand Teton – the second tallest peak in Wyoming. A hundred years later, this all-female group of climbers along with an all-female team of guides were getting ready to summit the peak to celebrate her legacy.
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Author Jon Waterman has been exploring and advocating for wild spaces throughout the U.S. for several decades. He writes about his favorite ones in his new book 'Atlas of Wild America'.
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Nearly 30 hot air balloons flew over Snowmass Village last weekend for the annual Snowmass Balloon Festival. It’s a tranquil sport with extra meaning for one pilot from a military background.
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The energy drink company Red Bull hosts one of the top mountain biking competitions in the world every year in Southern Utah. But the event has never invited women, and the female freeriding community is trying to change that.