Outdoor Safety

Be careful out there! Our grand outdoors are an amazing space for fun and adventure. Use our information to be smart in the wilderness.

Outdoor Updates: Hikers Attacked by Rabid Coyote

Kim Dinan 04 Nov 19

Outdoor Updates: Charleston man falls to his death while hiking above NC waterfall

Kim Dinan 24 Oct 19

Outdoor Updates: Missing Hiker Found Dead on A.T.

Kim Dinan 23 Oct 19

Outdoor Updates: The U.S. Forest Service reminds non-hunters to stay safe this hunting season

Kim Dinan 22 Oct 19

Outdoor Updates: Elk on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Kim Dinan 11 Oct 19

Outdoor Updates: U.S. Forest Service Asks the Public to “Be a Hero, Not a Hazard”

Kim Dinan 09 Oct 19

forest fire

Outdoor Updates: Wildfire Season is Approaching

Kim Dinan 08 Oct 19

Outdoor Updates: Flesh-eating Bacteria Increase

Kim Dinan 27 Aug 19

Toxic algae is spreading and killing dogs in the southeast

Kim Dinan + Shannon McGowan 14 Aug 19

Outdoor Updates: How to stay safe if you’re stuck outside in a lightning storm

Kim Dinan 19 Jul 19

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