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Stay safe for Memorial day weekend
- Post author By Author on Source
- Post date May 23, 2020
As the temptations to go wild increase, don’t forget we’re still in a pandemic.
Read: Six ways to practice responsible recreation on public lands and waters
Alarming declines in insect populations may be difficult to respond to effectively.
Read: Nature crisis: ‘Insect apocalypse’ more complicated than thought – BBC News
- Tags conservation, insects
The national park service is pumping up cell coverage, including in wilderness areas.
Does the pandemic provide a temporary reprieve from our onslaught on wildlife? Will it be measurable?
Read: Four Ways the Coronavirus Is Changing the Planet – The Atlantic
- Tags Air pollution, ambient pollution, American waters, bittersweet twist, cargo ships, climate change, concentration of a common air pollutant, cruise ships, day of a road race, Earth’s carbon pollutionThe cleaner air, Erica Walker, global warming, heart disease, huge difference, human activity.With fewer trains, human health, humpback whales, last month, latest data show reductions, less noise, living room, marine life, metropolitan areas, modern world, nitrogen dioxide, noise pollution, pandemic reminds Fournet of an accidental experiment, pandemic-related reduction, particulate matter, Paula Koelemeijer, potential benefits, public life, quantifiable temporary benefit, rattle of trains, recent data, right whale, right whales, Science, Seismic stations, sharp decrease, slowdown of our lives, source of pandemic-related stress, Sylvia Poggioli, terrorist attacks, Thomas Lecocq, total absence, traditional stations, unexpected ecological moment, United Kingdom, United States, usual hum of public life
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What are the long term effects of bigger fires?
- Post author By Helen Santoro
- Post date May 4, 2020
Look at some of the science examining burns that outdoorists will likely encounter more frequently.
Read: Extreme wildfires are changing Western forests — High Country News – Know the West
- Tags wildfire
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What’s threatening the elusive wolverine?
- Post author By Helen Santoro
- Post date April 25, 2020
Do we have time to learn how to live with the few remaining wolverines in the US?
- Tags wildlife, wolverines
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Why are we losing the wayfinding skills of our ancestors?
- Post author By Michael Bond
- Post date April 15, 2020
How did our ancestors navigate? Why do Alzheimer’s patients feel an impulse to wander off? How do we find our way back?
Read: Why are we losing the wayfinding skills of our ancestors? | Aeon Essays
- Tags evolution, navigation
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Local, Low-Risk Recreation – CalTopo
- Post author By Author on Source
- Post date April 9, 2020
A good explanation why outdoor activities that are reasonable for us are not reasonable for everyone right now.
- Tags covid19, socialdistancing
Every outdoorist will naturally form their own system of ethics. How does yours compare to others?
Read: Is shed hunting ethical? (The ethics of shed-hunting) — High Country News – Know the West
- Tags outdoorethics, shedhunting