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Home »Posts tagged  activism

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LNT, cyber-shaming, and slacktivism: Public Lands Hate You

Posted onDecember 12, 2019October 8, 2020AuthorPaul Mags7 Comments

Musings on a popular Instagram account, the recent Outside Magazine article about it, and thoughts around click-button activism. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, social media, Wilderness Ethics, Wildness

Decline in Hunting : Impact on outdoor places?

Posted onMarch 22, 2018October 31, 2018AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

A fascinating NPR piece discussed the number of hunters declining. What does trend mean for non-hunters and anglers? Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, hunting, Wildness

Wild places: Islands in the sea?

Posted onNovember 3, 2016January 3, 2021AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Some thoughts on recent events that perhaps show how increasingly rare wild places will become in the coming years. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, favorite, Wildness

Corporate sponsorship in the National Parks?

Posted onMay 17, 2016June 20, 2025AuthorPaul Mags11 Comments

The National Park Service is actively courting corporate sponsorship. Is that good? Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, National Parks, Wildness

LWCF permanently reinstated

Posted onApril 22, 2016June 18, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Land and Water Conservation Fund was reinstated. A victory for the outdoors! Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, Land and Water Conservation Fund, LWCF, Wildness

Giving back

Posted onJanuary 18, 2016December 29, 2016AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

More and more work is done by volunteer groups for protecting our wild lands. These groups need our help. Here’s some ways you can give this help. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, giving back, stewardship, trail work, volunteer, Wildness

National Geographic, Bread and Circuses

Posted onNovember 9, 2015December 3, 2017AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Ranting with a purpose… Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, MusingsTagsactivism, books, NatGeo

Recreational Trails Program in trouble

Posted onNovember 5, 2015January 17, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Recreational Trails Program in trouble. Write your Congress critter to save it. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, Recreational Trails Program

Sunset on the Land and Water Conservation Fund

Posted onOctober 1, 2015June 19, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Land and Water Conservation Fund has expired. The latest in an ongoing trend. But it is not too late. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, Land and Water Conservation Fund, LWCF, Wildness

Senate Amendment 838 – Our lands for sale

Posted onMay 11, 2015October 31, 2018AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A newly passed, if symbolic, amendment could affect how our public lands are administered. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, Murkowski, public lands, SA 838

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