Did you know that Saturday, September 26 is National Public Lands Day? This year is the 16th annual celebration and reason for all of us to get outside and volunteer to improve our public lands. Last year 120,000 people across America participated in National Public Lands Day, maintaining trails, removing non-native plants, planting trees, and …
Those of you who live in Colorado are lucky to have the Mountainfilm Festival coming again this year to Telluride, Colorado. The 2010 festival will be in May 2010, and they’ll announce more details later. For 31 years this film festival has brought together filmmakers, photographers, conservationists, mountaineers, and lovers of the outdoors to share …
Since 1998, over 353 new species have been discovered in the eastern Himalayas! The World Wildlife Fund published a report this week titled: “Eastern Himalayas: Where Worlds Collide”, and discussed their findings and highlighted why the area needs to be protected. Here’s a breakdown of the types of new species that were discovered in the …