When backpacking, clothing both keeps you comfortable and keeps you safe from the wilderness perils of heat-related illness, dehydration, and hypothermia.
Learn when to use a day pack, soft pack/rucksack, internal frame backpack, and external frame backpack.
The number one function of your sleeping bag is to keep you warm at night.
These bottomland hardwood forests and warm delta waters are wintering grounds for countless migratory waterfowl from the Mississippi Flyway.
Day-long canoe or sea kayak trail through cypress strands, mangrove swamps, and coastal marsh to Chokoloskee Bay.
The mission of the Leave No Trace (LNT) program is to promote and inspire responsible outdoor recreation.
Looking for something new and exciting to do this winter? Tired of skiing or snowboarding. Why not try snowshoeing, one of the fastest growing winter sports in the U.S.
Happening upon animals in the wilderness can be both exciting and unnerving.
While attacks on backpackers in the backcountry have occurred, that is no reason to prevent you from enjoying the woods.
Hiking up or down a steep slope places considerable demands on your muscles and joints.
For beginning hikers, the two most important hiking habits to develop are: 1) start slowly, and 2) walk rhythmically.
Hiking during hunting season adds a layer of risk to your journey.
