Ryan Zinke

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 weekend ...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 can ...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 at ...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 Park​s 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

What a year in politics! This year in particular, politics and the outdoor industry were so intertwined, the SNEWS team definitely covered our share of controversial stories. Here are the top five:Utah asks Trump to rescind on Bears Ears NM, Patagonia pulls out of Outdoor ...read more

President Trump’s proclamation to cut two national monuments in southeastern Utah was the match that lit a public lands fire and Patagonia’s reaction has been nothing but gasoline. With the swipe of the president’s pen, the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National ...read more

It comes as no surprise that there are ramifications to Zinke’s plan to raise National Park entrance fees by almost triple the current cost.Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they are less likely to visit a national park if the admission cost does in fact increase, according to a ...read more

The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee sent a letter Friday to Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard on Friday, inviting him to speak to the committee about the administration's proposed cuts to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.  Immediately ...read more

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. In this case, it's not what you tweet, but what you retweet than can cause an uproar.From the second President Trump announced he would take Ryan Zinke's advice on slashing the size of two Utah monuments, Patagonia has vocalized plans ...read more

“There are no words. It’s heartbreaking,” Ace Kvale, outdoor photographer, told SNEWS as he was leaving the Salt Lake City protest against President Trump’s controversial announcement to downsize both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.With much resistance but little ...read more

Secretary Ryan Zinke announced on Tuesday the establishment of the “Made in America” Recreation Advisory Committee. The Committee will advise the Secretary of the Interior on partnerships across all public lands, with the goal of expanding access to and improving infrastructure ...read more

It’s no secret that some of the proposed changes by the Trump administration are leaving the outdoor industry infuriated. On October 19, the Outdoor Industry Association wrote a letter to the commander in chief calling upon him to protect our nation’s lands. More than 350 ...read more