Wilderness Blog

RSS Feed

Latest Posts tagged with "Minnesota"

America’s Great Outdoors can protect Minnesota’s lands and waters

August 4, 2010 By Emily Diamond-Falk

Bird on Lake Wisconsin. Photo by Carl Johnson.

Approximately 650 people crowded into a concert hall at the University of Minnesota–Minneapolis to discuss conservation, recreation and how to reconnect Americans with the outdoors. Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Nancy Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); and senior representatives from the United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Interior (DOI) attended the “listening session” as part of the Obama administration’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative. Read more

Great Valentine’s Getaways: Our top 10 romantic wilderness areas

February 11, 2010 By Laura Bailey

Flower. Photo by irisb477, Flickr.

Valentines Day. Roses, chocolates, red frilly doilies, wine and dinner out. Eh hem...Yawn... Booooooring. Listen up, lovebirds. As much as everyone appreciates a week’s worth of calories packed in a cardboard box, when it comes to romance there’s nothing in the greeting-card store that beats a quiet outing in nature. So ask yourself, are you going to do the same predictable thing that you’ve done year after year, or are you going to be a Valentine’s champ and take your sweetie to some place truly memorable? Read more