After the deadly Grand Canyon flood, a geologist and avid hiker explains what nature lovers need to prepare and watch for to stay safe.
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Wildfires in Colorado are reshaping landscapes and visitor habits.
Being in public parks and natural environments with other visitors is a powerful opportunity to enhance enjoyment rather than detract from it.
When a hobby becomes something larger, with a focus on improving skills and developing deep knowledge, it can deliver surprising rewards.
These sites of national significance hold surprising treasures no less wondrous than the big-name destinations, potentially right around the corner from your home.
PFAS exposure can vary significantly from one community to the next. A close-up view of three Great Lakes states offers some insights for everyone.
Switching off phones or laptops when on holidays can help us get more out of our free time and relationships.
Planning for residents’ needs must be done well in advance to ease public fears about new high-density housing projects lacking open space for recreation.
Global ocean temperatures have been at record highs almost daily for over a year, and economies are feeling the heat.
City parks are like outdoor living rooms: If people feel welcome and relaxed, they will settle in.
President Biden has called for protecting large, old trees from logging, but many of them could be cut while the regulatory process grinds forward.
A journalism professor discovers that some of the best lessons for future journalists can be taught on a pool table.
Team sport provides postpartum mothers with opportunities to build community, enhance health and well-being, and counter the often unrealistic and self-sacrificing expectations of motherhood.
Protecting old and mature trees is the simplest and least expensive way to pull carbon out of the atmosphere – but proposed logging projects threaten mature stands across the US.
South Africa needs to integrate urban green spaces as part of valuable infrastructure and provide framework for their sustainability.
Lake Powell’s existential crisis is a unique opportunity to save a treasured landscape.
Ensuring a swimming site is safe is key to getting people using it. That means giving people timely information about water quality.
People may think that green spaces often hide criminals. On the contrary, there is evidence they contribute to reducing crime.
A scholar who used to evaluate after-school programs says they should do more than just be a place for kids to hang out and socialize.
Voters need to hold political candidates and their parties to account on sport and recreation issues and advocate for support from provincial and territorial governments.
Top contributors
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Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
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Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology and Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University
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Associate Professor of Outdoor Recreation and Wildland Management, University of Montana
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Professor of Architecture; Affiliate Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
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Director of Research for the Center for the Blue Economy, Middlebury College
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Professor, Gender Equity and Sport, Griffith University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Affiliate Faculty in Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Professor of History, University at Buffalo
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Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
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Hydrogeologist, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Connecticut
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PhD Candidate, Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Environmental Economics, The Ohio State University