Blog – Tagged "adventure"

adventure - October 6, 2025

Hiking with Your Dog: Tips for a Safe and Fun Adventure 🐾

There’s nothing better than hitting the trail with your best four-legged friend! Whether you’re exploring your local park or tackling a new trail to check off your TrailBingo card on the ExploreMore app, hiking with your dog can be a rewarding experience — as long as you plan ahead and practice good trail etiquette. Here’s everything you need to know before you leash up and head out. 1. Start with Leave No Trace: Plan Ahead and Prepare The first principle of Leave No Trace is to plan ahead — and that includes planning for your pup! Research the trail before...

Are you prepared for this heat?

Prevention, assessment & treatment of heat emergencies in outdoor work & recreation settings TAUGHT BY DR. NATALIE BONTHIUS, EMERGENCY & SURVIVAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN We would like to introduce you to our friends over at Survival Med. Survival Med was created by a group of physicians who saw outdoor enthusiasts come into the ER all the time with preventable injuries or sickness with just a little bit of knowledge.Committing multiple days to a Wilderness First Aid or Wilderness First Responder course is not feasible for everyone and some of us don't even have courses nearby. If you spend time outdoors for work...

History of Earth Day

Written by Haley Cottey On April 22nd, 1970, millions of Americans rallied on the first Earth Day from coast to coast to demonstrate their shared value for a healthy and sustainable environment. Organized protests took place all over the country to protest businesses, factories and power plants that were polluting and contributing to loss of wildlife and wilderness. Those with few other commonalities stood side by side to show that our earth is for us all no matter our political, spiritual, or economic alignment. In 1969, Santa Barbara, California suffered from a massive oil spill which led US Senator Gaylord Nelson...

Twelve Hills Nature Center

By: Haley Cottey Deep in the heart of the Oak Cliff community, you will find a beautiful green space perfect for a short escape into nature. Twelve Hills Nature Center's mission is “Cultivating conservation ethics through our Blackland Prairie restoration and nature education.” The space once was 5 acres of run-down apartments and thanks to a strong community effort, it has since been restored to its natural habitat. This 5 acre space now holds a beautiful brick wall entrance and a half mile trail around the perimeter that shows off the natural landscape and beautiful butterfly garden that is managed by...

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adventure, Arkansas, Backpack, Hiking - January 28, 2021