OuterSports.com Announces Online Community - Favorite Places, News and Events, and Adventure Stories pages provide gathering place for outdoor enthusiasts. OuterSports.com, an online retailer of outdoor equipment and accessories for hikers, climbers, campers, and winter sports participants, recently brought online its new outdoor community, where users can find and contribute helpful i...

Google Maps A Boon to Hunters, Anglers, and Other Outdoor Enthusiasts - How many times have you wondered what`s on the other side of that mountain or what`s beyond the next river bend? Sure, topo and road maps provide part of the picture, but to get a real sense of a particular area, I find it easier to use a combination of topo and aerial photography maps. For hunters, anglers, 4-wheel, camping, hiking, and oth...

Keys to Responsible Recreation in the BackCountry - Chuck Fitzgerald ©2004. All Rights Reserved. Having a good time is pretty high on everyone’s to do list, especially when surrounded by awesome views and super-awesome friends. We hike, bike, climb, camp, raft, fish, hunt, four-wheel, sleep and eat – among other things – in the backcountry. If not done properly, that’s a lot of wear...

5 Easy Steps to Giving the Perfect BackCountry Gift - Does the thought of buying a gift for a friend or relative make you smile or does it stress you out? Is there a hiker or camper on your gift giving list? What can you give to the someone who already has everything? The secret of gift giving is not always the “what.” Many times the “why, when and how” make an ordinary gift the Perfect Gift. Co...

Jewelweed, Poison Ivy Treatment from Nature - Impatiens capensis Other names:Pale Touch-Me-Not, Touch-Me-Not, Wild Celandine, Spotted Touch-Me-Not, Speckled Jewels, Balsam Weed, Wild Balsam, Balsam A`Florae, Slipperweed, Silverweed, Wild Lady`s Slipper, Quick-in-the-hand I love these old names for plants they are so descriptive. You might know Jewelweed by any of the above...

Predators - The prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said “It is prohibited upon my nation to eat whatever has claws & what has canine tooth, from predatory animals” [Refer to Abu Daud] The Modern Nourishment science confirmed that people acquire some of the characteristics of animals which they eat because the meat of those animals contain some kind of secreted horm...

How is Your Water - Your Source of Vitality, Clarity and Connection! This friendly greeting is common to every ancient and indigenous culture on Earth. Western scientists are now discovering what sustainable ancient civilizations and native peoples have always known-that water is a living being. Water is alive. It is intelligent. It has a consciousness an...

10 Spiritual Principles I Learned from the Yard Guru - The great guru in my life in recent years has been my yard. No ordinary yard, I live in the foothills east of San Diego, abutting on the true wasteland between here and Mexico, where scrub brush, poison oak and rattlesnakes would scare away the most intrepid gardener. This is why I refer to working in my yard, rather than working in my garden...

4 Critical Fly Fishing Tips - Good Fly Presentation Obviously, the goal when casting a fly is to present the fly to the fish in a realistic manner. You are trying to simulate nature here. If you are going for trout in a stream, for instance, this means a drag-free float of 36 inches over a precise spot that marks the window of a feeding fish. Also remember that the ...

40 Days and 40 Nights in the Wilderness with Venus - Venus, the planet, goes retrograde (backwards) less frequently than Mercury, about every 18 months, and lasts 40 days. Because it is less frequent, it is more difficult to understand and wreaks more havoc than a Mercury retrograde. Mercury affects communication. Venus affects possessions, relationships, women’s issues and most of all values. ...

5 Tips to get out there and smell the roses…. - As we move to the summer, it’s fantastic to see the sun shining, feel the heat and be able to get outside into the great outdoors to make the most of the great world that we live in. I feel myself inspired by the spring flowers, and reinvigorated as I spend some time reveling in their colours. All seasons of the year give us something special...

9 Tips For Taking Great Digital Photos - Introduction Modern cameras are highly automatic in operation. They have auto focus and auto exposure. The camera will focus on the subject - often identified by a small circle or square at the centre of the viewfinder - and calculate an appropriate exposure by detecting the level of reflected light - usually from the same spot. A slight p...

A Family Garden for Nature - Each year we look forward to creating a special habitat for for all of our wild and natural friends. Spring has arrived and we have been busy welcoming the season by preparing the garden for all of our summer visitors. Anyone can create a garden - even you! When some people think about gardening, they think they need a lot of space or a big ...

A Nature Meditation - Robert Elias Najemy You are sitting by a quietly flowing stream in the countryside. It is spring and life is green and moist? Sitting on a rock, the sights and sounds of the flowing water begin to work their mysterious way into your nervous system. Gradually, with the simple repetition of the water?s song and the harmonious beauty of the n...

A Simple Way To Offset the Environmental Effects of Driving Your Car - We all love our cars. They give us the freedom to come and go as we please, to get to work, to visit family and friends, to go shopping...on our own schedule. But automobiles also effect the environment by polluting the air we breathe and, in the larger scope of life, by creating unusual climate changes. But there is a simple thin...

A Thing of Beauty is a Joy with Photoshop - Human nature always seems to have this predilection with beauty and what society believes is beautiful. When we are fat, we want to be slim or thin. When we have the so-called “love handles”, we decide we do not love them anymore, so we go to the gym and exercise until our tongues fall out from fatigue. We are blessed with dark colored skin, ...

Artists Wildlife Sculptures Inspire A Natural Serenity - Wildlife Sculptures create the natural beauty of nesting birds in both their natural habitats and in their co-existence with the modern world. Succasunna, NJ (PRWEB) June 4, 2004 -– WE all suffer from not having the time to sit back and enjoy this thing we call life. There is barely a moment taken to enjoy the natural world all around...

Awesome Ways To Get Outdoors - Are you looking for fresh ways to spend time with your friends and family? Outdoor activities getting a little boring are they? With your fast paced life gaining speed all the time, it’s easy to stick to what’s familiar; but is that any way to live? Let’s take a few minutes and look at how easy it is to break out of the same-ole-routine and i...

Best Tips for Enjoying the BackCountry in the Rain - If you spend any amount of time in the backcountry at all, it will rain on you. Remember this - rain is a good thing; without it there wouldn’t be much backcountry to enjoy. How you prepare for rain and how you handle yourself and gear in the rain, makes the difference between a great experience and a horrible one. Here are some great ideas f...