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Plus: The Ticketmaster of parks; 100 marathons in 100 days—for climate; & the end of wild camping in England?
Long Path Sections 5 + part of 6: Mount Ivy to Lake Skannatati to 30 feet past the White Bar trailhead
The mysterious 6th episode; Antarctic tourism; plant hardiness zones on the move; and more.
Could this renewable energy project really pose an existential threat to the Dixie Valley toad?

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Long Path Sections 4 + 3: Mount Ivy to Long Clove to Nyack
Plus: An "environmental house of horrors"; Starlicide; Rachel Carson and the sea; keeping pigeons in NYC; and more
The Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail
Wildfires and thru-hikes, idle gardening, ecosexuality, and more.
Plus: Europe's wild lions, where conspiracies and butterflies meet, on joyful movement, and more.
Plus: Fake snow; the value of good surf; human rights abuses at Rikers; ruining the Vale of Cashmere; on gardening while Black; and more.
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A little of the outdoors in your inbox! Climate & environment news, hiking & backpacking adventures, nature & gardens, &c. By Jessica McKenzie
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