For years, the industry has narrowly defined and measured what it means to be an outdoor participant. The Outdoor Foundation’s annual report on outdoor activities, for example, counts skiing, climbing and kayaking, but doesn’t consider sports like basketball. And that exclusivity can overlook experiences like Grayson’s and prompt people to wonder: Is this a place for me?
When BJ Orozco is walking through far-out landscapes in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, he keeps an eye out for tracks. Wildlife is sparse in the r...
A seal shifts on the warm rock, pointing his plump belly to the New York sunshine. He’s luxuriating beside a small tidal estuary where sea and fresh waters meet...
In March, the U.S. Senate confirmed Deb Haaland as the Secretary of the Department of the Interior. We recently spoke with Secretary Haaland about President Bid...
Summer is all about living outdoors as much as possible, from lazy-day lounging to weekend entertaining. No backyard? No problem. Consider this your invitation ...
Nothing rings in summer quite like fresh fruits and veggies. And the only thing that makes summer produce even more delicious is the satisfaction that comes fro...
At West Elm, we design our outdoor furniture and accessories to stand up to rain, sunshine and anything else summer may bring—pool splashes, wet towels, sandy f...
Update (April 2021): In summer 2020, a new flammability standard for recreational camping tents sold in the U.S., called ASTM F3431,was published. In addition, ...
The outdoors should be a place where everyone can feel safe and be themselves. But for a long time, the outdoor industry and media have reinforced a n...
Some 170 years ago, Congress assembled the Department of Interior (DOI) to govern the country’s public lands. Today, that includes nearly 500 million acres that...
In spring 2020, just as Harvard University researchers were set to launch the field portion of a national study investigating the link between time in nature an...
New requirements, developed in collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders, builds upon a set of standards introduced in 2018 to help outdoor brands think progressively about the way they do business.
