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Hashers are Drinkers with a Running Problem

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Get Fit Kit: Head to Toe Health Guide

First, the bad news: The kid who mows your lawn has more in his piggy bank than you have in your 401k. Thank you, economic meltdown. Now, the...

Get Fit Kit: Head to Toe Health Guide

Winter Wonderlands

Cold-Weather Backpacking in the Blue Ridge

Winter Wonderlands

Dam Dilemma

Coal slurry retention pond bursts in Tennessee

Dam Dilemma

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Earth Talk

Earth Talk: Desalinization Worries

Earth Talk: Desalinization Worries

Dear EarthTalk: With all the talk of desalinization of ocean water for drinking, what do we know about the impacts this might have on climate, ocean salinity and other natural processes?
                                                                                                                         – Fred Kuepper, via e-mail
 Due to its high cost, energy intensiveness and overall ecological footprint, [...]

Happy Trails: Your Monthly Getaway

Canaan Valley, West Virginia

Canaan Valley, West Virginia

If any place in Appalachia can still make you feel like you’re in the middle of nowhere, it’s West Virginia’s Canaan Valley. Development is limited. Light pollution is minimal. Backcountry is everywhere.

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The unimposing Whitegrass Ski Touring Center (whitegrass.com) is the home for cross-country skiing in the rugged region of the Mountain State. With over [...]

Outdoor Heroes

Flower Power - The Florist Who Saved a City

Flower Power - The Florist Who Saved a City

Faye Bush does not consider herself an activist. Although she’s been branded with Erin Brockovich-type celebrity, she insists her work is all about love and care for a local community in environmental peril.
In the 1950s Bush helped organize the Newtown Florist Club (NFC), a group of African American housewives who delivered funeral flowers to the bereaved in her hometown of Gainesville, Ga. Over the years, Bush noticed an increase in the number of people dying from similar illnesses, including lupus and cancer. The deaths were clustered in low-income neighborhoods near industrial factories on the south side of Gainesville.

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