When Starbucks moved to Yosemite National Park, more than 25,000 people signed a petition against the coffee giant setting up camp and 80 percent of SNEWS readers opposed it. Petitioners said multinational corporations and amenities would rob the natural place of its essence. But ...read more
President Donald Trump has nominated a former oil and gas lobbyist as Secretary of the Interior, which, according to several outdoor advocacy organizations, doesn't bode well for public lands. Trump appointed David Bernhardt as deputy secretary to Ryan Zinke, and has been ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.com. Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke is out after less than two years on the job. A consortium led by China’s Anta Sports is looking to purchase Amer Sports ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.com Look for the hashtag #LeaveLessOR during Outdoor Retailer Winter Market. Boulder-based EcoVessel is launching an initiative to reduce single-use plastic at the ...read more
On Election Day, Patagonia wants voters in Nevada and Montana to choose two specific U.S. Senate candidates who have vowed to protect public lands and waters. This is the first time in the brand's 45 years that it has publicly supported candidates and Patagonia insists the ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.com Granite Gear, the Northern Minnesota-based backpack manufacturer, is mourning the passing of former partner Mike Cruikshank. In a news release, Granite Gear said ...read more
Should Congress approve President Donald Trump's nomination, Raymond David Vela would be the first Latino superintendent of the National Park Service. Vela, a 28-year career veteran of the NPS, is the current chief of Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park and the John D. ...read more
A half-century-old preservation program that has funded city parks and playgrounds, mountain bike and hiking trails, rock climbing areas, and other public land projects is set to expire at the end of September. That is, unless Congress reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.com. We're already busy planning for Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in November and we need your help putting together The Daily, the official magazine of the show. ...read more
If Fitpacking Owner Steve Silberberg paid his guides a set rate for every hour they spent in the backcountry while leading multi-day trips through national parks and forests, he wouldn't have enough money leftover to pay for anything else. President Donald Trump on May 25 ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. Ryan Zinke does good: The Interior Secretary announced the designation of 19 new National Recreation Trails (NRTs)—a total 370 ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. We are heartbroken to hear that Charlotte Fox, the 61-year-old accomplished high-altitude mountaineer, tragically died last ...read more
Fears are mounting over whether Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will cut a program around since 2015 that allows fourth graders and their families to enter national parks for free. Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) and Sierra Club Outdoors are waiting to hear from the Department of ...read more
Don't go a day without reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. During a Tuesday tour of Peaceful Valley Ranch at Theadore Roosevelt National Park—a former dude ranch in disrepair ...read more
Don't go a day without reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. Kids are urging Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to extend the Every Kid in a Park program, which allows every ...read more
If you read anything today, make it Industry Buzz. Here are today's must-read headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. We'll be checking it often to ensure we don't miss anything. #MeToo: Alpinist magazine along with the ...read more
TGIF. We can't wait to get outside this weekend. You? Before calling it a day, catch up on the latest news. Here are today's must-read headlines: Have a hot news blurb for Industry Buzz? Or a burning story idea for another one of our columns? We've created a new form where you ...read more
The National Park Service on Thursday unveiled slight increases of about $5 at all parks, a little more than a week after the U.S. Department of the Interior backed off plans to impose massive fee hikes at 17 of the most popular. Starting June 1, prices will rise at the 117 sites ...read more
The people said “no” to higher park fees, and the Interior officials listened. They announced yesterday that they’re rethinking the national park fee hikes that they proposed last fall. Back in October, the Department of the Interior announced its plans to jack up entrance fees ...read more
You might remember the SNEWS column called "Movin' & Shakin." Well, we're bringing it back and calling it "Industry Buzz." It will still feature people, products, and companies making changes, but you also can read about events, what's trending on social media, and anything else ...read more
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke earlier this week claimed that too many Americans access national parks free of charge, which isn't helping in the effort to shrink a $11.7 billion maintenance backlog. On Tuesday, Zinke in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ...read more
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today joined multiple lawmakers to introduce a bipartisan bill that would restore America's National Parks using up to $18 billion in revenue from energy produced on federal lands and waters, according to a news release. The ...read more
The department of the interior is not shedding any tears over the mass-resignation of its advisory board. In a statement issued by the department on Wednesday, it said: "It is patently false to say the Department had not engaged the board when as recently as January 8 we were ...read more
Nine out of 12 members of the National Park System Advisory Board, which was established 35 years ago to advise the secretary of the interior on the management of national parks and monuments, announced their resignation Monday night. In a resignation letter, members blamed ...read more
