Kitchen Gear for the Paddler

This article was written with Christmas gifts in mind, but it lists good ideas for anyone who enjoys food on a paddle camping trip. Click here.

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FREE Snowshoe Demo at Ellicott Creek Park – January 29, 2012

Instead of watching the Winter months pass by from your windows learn to enjoy the winter and what mother nature has to offer. Snowshoeing promotes health and fitness by only walking! Snowshoeing is a fun activity for all ages, for the family and friends. Snowshoeing makes exploring terrain as easy as walking in the summer [...]

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Video: Amazing Life in the Ocean

Click here for a short video that is well worth watching.  Watch the octopus at the end.  It will blow your mind!  (If you click on the little gray box in the upper right corner just above the video, it will allow you to make the picture bigger)

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Useful Public Art: Artistic bike racks

Click on the image in this article to see  photos of the bike racks this artisan made for Seattle. I wish more artisans and cities would team up to place artistic bike racks around – useful public art! Maybe some NY metal artists will spread this idea to NY State. More businesses need to install [...]

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Tak Wak delivers a rugged GPS-smarthpone-radio for the outdoors

Tak Wak delivers a rugged GPS-smarthpone-radio for the outdoors

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Step Aside DEET – A Stronger Repellent is On the Way

DEET, the most widely used commercial insect repellent, offers powerful protection from Vector-borne illnesses such as malaria, lyme disease, and dengue fever. But, it is toxic in high concentrations, expensive and short-lived. Soon there may be a better option. In May 2011 a Vanderbilt University scientist announced that a compound called VUAA1 is not only [...]

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A Mysterious Northwestern Adirondacks Noise

A Mysterious Northwestern Adirondacks Noise

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G-MAG™ Lightweight, Portable AA Battery Recharger

The GREENIVATIVE Magic™ (G-MAG™) battery charger may be of use to car campers, multi-day bikers, kayak campers – anyone who needs more battery power on a long outdoor adventure. The G-Mag can charge batteries using only saltwater!  G-MAG™ has an unlimited shelf life (years) when dry. By adding a small amount of salt water (which [...]

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Hoboken installs first self-service bike repair station

by Denise Copeland, NJ.com, link to original post Congratulations to the City of Hoboken, which has installed its first self-service bike repair station. The installation also means that Hoboken has become one of the first municipalities on the east coast with a public bike repair facility. The bike repair service station, located behind the Bus [...]

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Wilderness & Remote First Aid Starts in East Amherst – January 26, 2012

If you are familiar with the American Red Cross Wilderness First Aid course you will enjoy the newly revised version of Wilderness and Remote First Aid. This course is taught over four consecutive evenings from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Your final training session is conducted in the outdoors with a 3 hour hands on [...]

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