Outdoor Recreation

U.S. Forest Service celebrates National Trails Day with free access to national parks and greenlands

After the Dragon Bravo Fire burned the Grand Canyon's North Rim, there's an increased risk of dangerous flooding and mudslides.

Veterans, and research, say getting outdoors helps their physical and mental health. A new report aims to find ways to expand these opportunities.

The annual ranking looks at several criteria including easy access to parks.

Relaxed gun restrictions on public lands worries conservation groups about safety to public and wildlife

The Wilderness Act prohibits motorized vehicles and equipment to protect places “untrammeled by man” and to preserve “solitude.”

Visits dropped about 8% in Colorado in the first year after wildfires. But recreation stayed flat or even increased after low-intensity prescribed fires.

More than 60 organizations published a policy paper in response to a recent push to sell public lands for housing. They argue that such proposals would need to check certain boxes to ensure affordability and community benefits.

We hear from two of the students, who biked over a thousand miles along the Continental Divide. That adventure is the subject of the film “Gravel and Grit: Bridging the Great Divide," which premieres in Riverton on Tuesday.

Ski areas with special-use permits must be primarily focused on skiing and other snow sports. But in a final rule, the U.S. Forest Service said that focus will no longer be determined by revenue, which could help ski areas to adapt business to a changing climate.