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Personal Safety TipsTraveler Safety, Personal Security at ATMs, Parking Lot Safety...Abandon MinesAbandoned mine sites are a great safety hazards. Many of these structures contain dilapidated frames, open shafts, and water-filled pits. The dangers that are found in the mines include old explosives, hazardous chemicals, bats, snakes, spiders, bobcats, mountain lions and other predators. Falls and…
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Restoring Hanging Lake
In the spring of 2023, Emily Kasyon hiked the Hanging Lake Trail in the White River National Forest for the first time. The water was so high she waded through it the entire way up.“My very first site visit out to this site was during high runoff,” said Kasyon, project lead with the National Forest Foundation. “The very first time I ever hiked this trail, it was completely flooding. I was hiking…
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No reservation? No problem!
Dispersed camping – camping outside of a designated, prepared campsite – isn’t for everyone. But it might be for you.
Campers Tyler Cross and Jeremy Halleaux enjoy a break around the campfire at their dispersed camping site within the Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area on the Manistee National Forest, Michigan, on June 8, 2026. Dispersed camping…
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How to survive your next forest adventure
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Listen, we talk about responsible recreation a lot. Don’t leave trash. Plan and be prepared. Respect each other and wildlife. And, of course, have fun. But let’s hit pause and discuss the more serious end of the recreate-responsibly spectrum — death — and more specifically, how not to. Consider 10 of the most common causes of fatalities on national forests…
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National Public Lands Day 2026 planning webinar
The Forest Service, National Environmental Education Foundation and the national coordinators of National Public Lands Day are hosting a kick-off event planning webinar for Forest Service employees.National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest single-day volunteer event for public lands, hosted annually the last Saturday in September. Last year, more than 900 events and 55,000 volunteers…
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165,000 miles of adventure
On national forests every day is National Trails Day. There is a trail for everyone, year-round.Across the country, 165,000 miles of Forest Service managed trails wind up, down and through the landscape. End-to-end, those trails could circle the globe more than six times, making the Forest Service the proud managers of the biggest trail system in the world…