This skills program introduces the Leave No Trace traveling trainers. This couple spreads the word of Leave No Trace, but then they seem to leave a lasting impression. The Leave no trace Center for outdoor Ethics teaches skills to help you keep your parks and wilderness areas in their best possible condition. You can minimize your impacts on these place so that others can enjoy them more, and you can enjoy them in the future. J.D. Tanner and Emily Ressler are this year’s senior traveling trainers for Leave No Trace. They’ll spend the year touring the country, attending festivals, and presenting classes on Leave No Trace principles to all kinds of people, from grade school students to professional mountain guides. We’ll hear more from J.D and Emily in several future editions. Show number 140 [MP3 format; length 11:04; 2,661,110 bytes] Show number 140 script JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

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Getting Around GPS
This skills program discusses things you need to know before relying on a portable GPS receiver. Finding your way there and finding your way home is not always so easy in the wilderness. Steve talks with author Stephen Hinch who wrote the book, outdoor Navigation with GPS. Stephen is a high-tech executive with technical knowledge of the GPS system and a love of wilderness travel. A GPS receiver can make navigaton easier, but what do you need to know to use it, and what do you need to know when it’s not making it easier? What should you look for if you’re shopping for one? What’s the easiest way to use one in order to keep from getting lost? Stephen also mentions orienteering as a great way to learn navigation skills to use when you can’t use GPS. Through the U.S. Orienteering Federation, you can find a local club that can teach you more traditional navigation skills. Show number 124 [MP3 format; length 9:59; 2,398,734 bytes] Show number 124, extended version [MP3 format; length 12:11; 5,855,052 bytes] Show number 124 script JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

Skiing for Skiers
This outings program takes us on a patrol day with the Lake Alpine Nordic Ski Patrol. You can have a great time while helping others by joining a ski patrol. Steve joins the patrol skiing in the backcountry near Bear Valley, California. We hear from Charles Schafer, the patrol director for the Lake Alpine Nordic Ski Patrol. His group is affiliated with the Far West Division of the National Ski Patrol. Charles talks about the reason they’re out there skiing the backcountry: To provide assistance to backcountry skiers and to make their experience safer. After the tour, Steve talked with Jeff Gurrola, the Nordic Supervisor for the Far West Division of the National Ski Patrol. Jeff talks about how you can join up with a backcountry ski patrol. To join a ski patrol in your favorite backcountry area, you can start by contacting the National Ski Patrol and finding out about which areas near you have active patrols. Call their national office in Colorado at 303-988-1111. Show number 130 [MP3 format; length 9:58; 2,397,166 bytes] Show number 130, high-fidelity stereo [MP3 format; length 11:56; 11,460,931 bytes] Show number 130 script JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

California Snowshoe Trails
This wild places program presents a guidebook author’s favorite places to snowshoe in California. Yeah, it’s spring, but there’s still a lot of nice snow up there. Mike White, author of Best Snowshoe Trails of California, tells us what he actually thinks are the very best snowshoe trails in California. He picks trails that start at this trailhead, and at this trailhead. Mike introduced us to snowshoe hiking two weeks ago, in our edition number 129, A Snowshoe Primer. Mike also mentions the option of staying overnight in a backcountry hut; one of the places we mentioned in our edition number 111, a reprise of Indoor Snow camping. Show number 131 [MP3 format; length 9:58; 2,397,070 bytes] Show number 131, extended version [MP3 format; length 11:18; 5,426,443 bytes] Show number 131 script JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

Forest Admission?
This wild places program examines proposed rules affecting outfitter guides in the National Forests. Will these rules make it harder, or more expensive, for you to get into Forest Service wilderness? Steve explores the issue with the help of: Jim Bedwell, Director of Recreation, Heritage, and Volunteer Resources for the National Forest Service in Washington, D.C. Todd Vogel, Education and Stewardship director for the Friends of the Inyo, and co-owner of Sierra Mountain Center, a commercial guide service Dave Simon, Director of outdoor Activities for the Sierra Club Matt Bloom, owner of the Kennedy Meadows Resort and Pack Station, on the edge of the Emigrant Wilderness in California’s Stanislaus National Forest. The Forest Service issued a proposed rule change titled, Proposed Directives for Forest Service Outfitting and Guiding Special Use Permits and Insurance Requirements for Forest Service Special Use Permits. This rule is open for public comments through February 19, 2008. An Arizona-based group, the River Runners for Wilderness, sounded an ominous alert about some possible problems with this rule in November of 2007. Later, the Casper Star-Tribune published an article by Brodie Farquhar presenting the controversy. We suggest you take a look at the revised rules yourself, and then make your own comments to the Forest Service if you think your access will be affected. WildeBeat members can download bonus extended interviews from Todd Vogel and Jim Bedwell from the WildeBeat Insider web pages. Show number 125 [MP3 format; length 9:54; 2,377,417 bytes] Show number 125, extended version [MP3 format; length 13:49; 6,639,351 bytes] Show number 125 script JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

A History Of Fly fishing For Trout.
Unlock four and a half centuries of fly fishing history. A History Of Fly fishing For Trout. - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Jason Purcell, of Cabot, Ark., launched his boat into the back waters of the Arkansas River at Willow Beach Park in North Little Rock Friday morning, looking to start […]

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