TweetThis adorable video could be titled something like, Fed young bear begging for more goodies…, OR, The beginning of the end of a grizzly bear. It is obvious in the young bear’s behavior that it learned to seek handouts, to beg human food at a very young age. Wild lands moments like this one are precious in the present, only if we are ignorant of, or just ignore, past impacts and future outcomes? Young begging bears become massive smash and…
TweetHard core survival television on tap for summer 2015. “…it is impossible to disentangle completely a persons behavior from their physiology. The physical traumas, privations, and deficiencies which can undermine the body’s strength and efficiency all have psychological consequences.” John Leach, Survival Psychology* Discovery Channel, the folks who bring us the most elemental and challenging wilderness survival series in production, Naked and Afraid, is one-upping itself. The July 12, 2015 Premier of Naked and Afraid XL will feature a group…
TweetPosted by Brandon Joey Hebert, OR’s 2015 Conservation Ambassador, our first roving ambassador. “The practice of conservation must spring from a conviction of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right only when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the community, and the community includes the soil, waters, fauna, and flora, as well as people.” Aldo Leopold The Continental Divide Trail conserves mountain habitats and serves adventurous…
TweetSurviving abrupt isolation, on tap for summer 2015. “… isolation can suck at the soul. It can bring a man to his knees in a surprisingly short time, quicker indeed than many physical or physiological factors.” John Leach, Survival Psychology*. History Channel premiered their new wilderness survival series, Alone, June 18, 2015. Alone features ten men (already down to eight in just a few days), all would-be survivors, dropped off alone in separate remote inlets along the west coast of…