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Jun 2, 2025

I Used Chat GPT to Meal Plan—Until a Nutritionist Set Me Straight

　　Up until now, I’ve resisted using ChatGPT, mainly because I’m terrified Ill love it too much and be even more addicted to my phone. Everyone around me swears by it, like my best friend who relies on it for healthy recipe ideas. She is among many using OpenAIs chatbot to plan weekly meals. You merely ask the bot to whip up a...

Jun 2, 2025

Living with a Pet May be Beneficial for Gut Health

　　All dog lovers know that those furry friends improve your quality of life. They cheer you up when you’re feeling down, keep you active, and help foster connections with your communities. But did you know that having a pup might also be good for your gut? 　　It’s hard to imagine, but research is showing that owning a pet could be...

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Why You Love Music Festivals, According to Science

　　Conjure for a moment the feeling of a perfect summer day. The trees are fully leafed out. The western sky is filled with changing light. Your friends and neighbors are gathering on the great green lawn of your town park, where communal tables await. A favorite band is playing while kids run around and their parents take a long moment...

Jun 2, 2025

When National Parks Laid Off Rangers, This Company Started Hiring

　　On February 14, 2025, the National Park Service fired around 1,000 probationary employees in conjunction with a White House effort to reduce the federal workforce. Although a spate of court orders eventually reversed many of the layoffs and reinstated probationary employees to their jobs, roughly five weeks elapsed between the initial firing and eventual rehiring mandate. Those intervening weeks were...

Jun 2, 2025

Op-Ed: Public Lands Are Under Attack. State Leaders Should Protect them.

　　From 2021 until 2024, while I was Secretary of the Interior, we worked to forge stability, create jobs in a clean energy economy, conserve more lands and waters for future generations, and secure clean air and water for communities in every corner of the country. 　　We treated everyone with dignity and respect—values that New Mexicans live by. Today, the work...

Jun 2, 2025

Is Conservation Only for the One Percent?

　　Dear Sundog, 　　I’m a biologist and land conservationist who has spent the last two decades working with farmers and ranchers to keep their land and way of life intact. I walk their property looking for habitats that might harbor rare plants and threatened wildlife. If the property meets certain ecological criteria, the owner can place the land under “conservation easement,”...

Jun 2, 2025

Musician Neal Francis Talks Sobriety, Meditation, and Creativity

　　Neal Francis makes the kind of music that feels both timeless and intensely personal. Weaving in his own hard-won perspective following addiction and upheaval, the singer, songwriter, and pianist draws on the grooves of New Orleans funk and 70s soul in a solo career that’s earned him a growing national audience and a much-anticipated recent album release, Return to Zero....

Jun 2, 2025

What to Do When Your Partner’s on a Big Adventure—And You’re The One Left Behind

　　When Bre Kanak, an art teacher in northern Wisconsin, was invited to join a nine-day sea expedition to Antarctica, her husband Dan stayed home to watch their snakes and chickens. He felt a bit of FOMO, he admits, but mostly he was excited for her—especially because he got to follow along vicariously. Dan remembers keeping a close eye on Antarctic...

Jun 2, 2025

America’s First National Park City

　　Chattanooga is not like other cities. While some towns can boast about being close to the outdoors, adventure is seamlessly woven through the fabric of this city, from the Tennessee River that wraps around downtown to the towering cliffs and lush mountains that rise from the edge of its neighborhoods. 　　“A lot of cities are gateways to the outdoors, but...

Jun 2, 2025

As America’s Best Idea, Our National Parks Are Precious. Here’s Why.

　　What’s your favorite national park? After two decades as a journalist with a specialty in outdoor recreation, that’s the question I am most often asked. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting most of the big ones. I’ve even led trips to Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Zion, and Denali as a professional guide, and, most recently, as a national park expert...

Jun 2, 2025

Looking for a Third Place? Get Outside

　　Two summers ago, I went shopping for a mountain bike group ride. I’d just moved to the Lake Tahoe area, and everywhere else I’d lived, races and group rides were how I’d made friends. I knew that if I could find a good weekly ride, I would find my new community. 　　The first ride I checked out had only three...

Jun 2, 2025

Don’t Overlook the Prime Camping Across West Virginia

　　West Virginia’s famed country roads offer an open invitation. Weaving across rugged terrain and through spirited small towns to uncrowded gems and world-class outdoor adventures alike, the roads form a latticework of endless possibilities for road trip itineraries. Five customized Mountain Rides can help connect activities that range from serene paddling tours to thrilling whitewater runs, with pristine biking trails,...

Jun 2, 2025

Fight For Your Right to Run Club

　　I live in New York City, where it is a commonly held belief that people walking four abreast on a public sidewalk deserve summary execution. I also run in New York City, often alone but just as often with run clubs—in other words, in groups of as few as four or as many as a hundred, and on the same...

Jun 2, 2025

Looking for Outdoorsy Friends? It Might Be Time to Volunteer

　　Technology has rendered modern Americans both more connected—and more isolated—than any population of humans in history. In fact, some researchers have gone so far as to declare a loneliness epidemic in reference to our increasingly desperate need for IRL connection and community. That said, knowing that you need new friends and actually making them are two very different things. Building...

Jun 2, 2025

Trampled by Turtles’ Songs Were Born in the Wilds of Minnesota

　　In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral was hunting in the Alps with his dog, when he noticed burrs stuck to his jacket, pants, hat, and his pup. Being the egghead that he was, de Mestral examined the burrs under a microscope. He discovered their “stickiness” was due to tiny hooks and loops. This discovery dominated the next decade of...

Jun 2, 2025

“Remaining Native” is for Runners—and for all Human Beings

　　Remaining Native begins with a warning: This is a film that doesnt shy away from abuse, violence, or any of the other crimes that darken Native American history. But thats also the films strength: The feature-length documentary captures what it means to be a Native runner, balancing joys and tragedies in a way that will resonate with any athlete—and any...

Jun 2, 2025

5 Songs That Changed Everything–The Tracks That Shaped Hazlett’s Path

　　This summer, Outside Festival returns to Denver with an electric mix of music, adventure, and storytelling that’s poised to become a cultural touchstone for lovers of the outdoors and the artists who soundtrack their journeys. Held June 1–2, 2025, at Civic Center Park and the Denver Art Museum campus, the two-day event blends live music with panel discussions, immersive experiences,...

Jun 2, 2025

The Outside Festival’s 2025 Film Lineup Is Its Best Yet

　　One of the biggest highlights of the inaugural Outside Festival was its program of riveting adventure films. And this year promises to be even better. Curated in partnership with Mountainfilm, the lineup revolves around three core themes—joy, unity, and renewal—and captures some of the most gripping personalities and narratives in the outdoor world. 　　“It’s a cliché to say you’ll laugh...