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Protecting our Public Lands
The federal government owns 47% of the land in the West. There's pressure to lower that percentage, not just in the West, but nationwide....
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The Role of the Outdoors in the Life of a Family
When we started this website in 2008, one of my sons was 15 and the other 18. They were still kids, and the way I thought of the role of...