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How Nonprofits Are Rallying for Private-Land Access in the Northeast

Your assignment is to download maps in Gaia GPS for offline use. This will preserve the app’s functionality, even in the backcountry without reliable cell service.

You Should Be Downloading Your Trail Maps

Smoke from the Eagle Creek fire fills an Oregon forest.

Speak Up Now to Save Our National Forests

Mammoth will allow e-MTBS on its 80 miles of singletrack and 3,100 feet of vertical descent.

Mammoth Opens Its Bike Park to E-MTBs

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Since protesters built tree stands in February, Forest Service police and private security contractors paid by the pipeline owners have upped security.
Hiking

The Forest Service Is Arresting Protesters Along the AT

The fight to keep a 300-mile pipeline out of Jefferson National Forest is heating up. The Forest Service has cut off all food and water supplies to the protesters, and supporters are becoming desperate to help.

The Filson USFS Ranger pack
Hiking

Ode to the Filson Ranger Pack

One of our favorite new packs pays homage to the Forest Service—and looks good doing it

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Opinion

The GOP’s Federal Land Freedom Act Limits Your Freedom Outdoors

The new bill is part of the GOP's latest assault on public lands

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Opinion

Public Lands Belong in Federal Hands

The Wyoming state government recently released a study weighing the pros and cons of transferring federal lands to the state. The results were unequivocal: it's a terrible idea.