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Red Wing Shoes opted to 'sunset' the Vasque brand of hiking shoes and boots this year, calling time on a name that's provided some of the best footwear in the industry since 1964. It just so happens Vasque made my go-to hiking shoes, so I wrote about the gut-punch.

An anticipated eighth-straight year of low steelhead trout numbers on their annual run up the Queets River in Olympic National Park has prompted a closure of all fishing on the river in yet another damning sign of the health of the PNW ecosystem. https://lnkd.in/gQyYrBdX

The flooding from Hurricane Helene has devastated countless small towns that help fuel and support the Appalachian Trail. Here's how you can donate to help them dig out and rebuild: #helene #floodrelief #donate #appalachiantrail

After officially carrying the name of a former Confederate general and slave owner for more than 150 years, the highest peak on the Appalachian Trail will once again be known as Kuwohi - as it has already been to the Cherokee people for thousands of years.

After a months-long heat wave forced both fire restrictions and fishing closures, Yellowstone National Park has reopened all waterways to anglers and lifted its backcountry campfire ban. #Yellowstone #NationalParks #GetOutside

An experienced local climber remains missing in Glacier National Park for a fourth day after failing to rendezvous with the rest of his group while climbing north of Lake McDonald.

If you've got the gumption, nothing beats a week spent in Wyoming's Wind River Range. Here's at trip report of a recent 5-day trek out of Green River Lakes that featured Summit Lake, Cutthroat Lake, Palmer Canyon, Porcupine Pass, and a whole lot of catching trout along the way.

After six weeks of full fishing restrictions due to heat and extreme drought, Shenandoah National Park has finally reopened its fisheries after 4 to 8 inches of rain drenched the Blue Ridge Mountains in early August. #travel #nationalparks #outdoors #getoutside #shenandoah

Due to four separate wildfires popping up along Colorado's Front Range within the last two days and the extreme fire conditions in the current weather pattern, Rocky Mountain National Park moved to a complete fire ban on Thursday. #rmnp #nationalpark #nationalparks #Colorado

Multiple wildfires prompted emergency evacuations of Canada's largest National Park overnight.