Reflecting on the aggro-zen of years spent building trails into the side of a mountain. 50 years ago you used to be able to buy sticks of dynamite at your local hardware store. It’s true: You could ...

In 2022, a conservation nonprofit called the Deschutes Trails Coalition (DTC) started working with the U.S. Forest Service to build and maintain hundreds of miles of hiking trails in central Oregon.

In a remote northern Minnesota forest, Mica Harju uses what looks like an oversized hoe to place dirt and rocks along a new stretch of mountain bike trail carved through the woods. “This is the real ...

Have you ever hiked the Appalachian Trail or one like it? One of the great pleasures is to enjoy a walk in the woods and fields without having to stumble through the brush or worry about what’s ...

A Youth Emplyment in Parks crew. Photo by Paul Twardock. April is World Landscape Architecture Month. While many of us might see a proposal for a new park or trail and then the construction work on ...

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Mountain-bike trails often come across as simple, much the same as anything else would if observed while passing by at 15 miles per hour. Sinuous lines carved into earth, mounds of dirt compacted into ...

Volunteer Trail Stewards will begin trail building at the McKay Community Forest in Eureka starting Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteers of all ages and abilities are encouraged to join monthly ...