From the Backcountry to You, Wishing Everyone a Very Merry, Blessed (and hopefully, White) Christmas. Come to the Forest where the other you lives!
"If a trail is to be blazed, it is "send a ranger." If an animal is floundering in the snow, a ranger is sent to pull him out; if a bear is in the hotel, if a fire threatens a forest, if someone is to be saved, it is "send a ranger." Stephen T. Mather, First Director of the National Park Service
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Preparation for hiking is crucial in all seasons, but especially in cold and unpredictable winter. The Backcountry Trail Patrol recommends t...
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My name is Hans Erdman, and I am a retired park ranger, Patrol Chief Emeritus of the Minnesota and Wisconsin volunteer Backcountry Trail Pat...
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You read that headline correctly. Our National Forests are under attack by forces that seek to dissolve the US Forest Service that manages t...