Jessica Bernhard is a freelance writer, editor and content strategist focusing on women and the outdoors. She writes regularly for UltraSignup, The Ness Well, Avocado and others. When she’s not writing, she’s either running around her Seattle neighborhood or chasing after her toddler. Jessica is a former editor for Expert Advice and Uncommon Path, and she’s been an REI member since 2009.
Nature is often the backdrop for the stories we tell. It’s the glacier lake we jump into; the pillowy snow we send our skis down; the wind that whips at our ten...
José Rodriguez is a Puerto Rico Army National Guard veteran who was shot 21 times as a bystander at a red light during an armed car robbery. He spent two weeks ...
One of the best things about the gifting season is discovering new (to us) products that help us get outside. Here, we’ve compiled 23 top gifts from startup com...
Darwin Romero, 37, started running by accident. It was a warm summer day in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the then-16-year-old Romero neede...
The sun starts to warm the pavement as I finish my last lap through the neighborhood. I’ve been running for nearly an hour and, though my legs are tired, I coul...
“Return to Mount Kennedy,” a new feature-length documentary, isn’t your traditional mountaineering movie. Set in present-day, the film tells the story of a clim...
The outdoor recreation industry is an economic powerhouse, contributing $412 billion (2.2 percent) of total U.S. Gross Domestic Product in 2016, a new report re...
Spanning nearly 2 million acres in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (MBSNF) is “a $1 trillion asset” according to a new re...
Editor's note on June 6, 2018:
Proposition 68—the $4.1 billion bond measure to fund state and local parks, environmental projects, water infrastructure proje...
The majority of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is closed today, as the threat of a steam-induced explosion and resulting ash fall near the summit of the Kilauea...
At a time when national parks run on tight budgets, a recent $1 million gift from the estate of national parks lover Elizabeth “Bette” Ruth Wallace will support...
Entrance fees at the 117 fee-charging national parks, historic and cultural sites, and monuments are set to increase, with many parks beginning June 1, 2018, th...
