Matt Wastradowski is a Portland-based freelance writer for the Co-op Journal. He enjoys hiking, cycling, writing and exploring all four corners of the Beaver State—ideally, wherever the bars run out on his iPhone. REI Co-op Member since 2011.
A total solar eclipse will blanket a wide swath of the U.S. on Monday, April 8, 2024. Lasting up to four-and-a-half minutes, it will be the first total solar ec...
Look to the night skies outside your house or apartment and maybe you’ll see the faint outlines of the Big Dipper beyond the street lights, or the glimmering No...
Stretching from the northern edge of Crater Lake National Park to the Pacific Ocean, the 215-mile Rogue River serves as the lifeblood of the southern Oregon tou...
Fifteen states have now established offices or task forces to study the growing outdoor recreation economy, promote outdoor opportunities and improve access to ...
Last week, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed into law Assembly Bill 486, establishing a Division of Outdoor Recreation within the state’s Department of Conservat...
The United States boasts nearly 1 million square miles of public lands—and, according to a 2015 report from the American Hiking Society, more than 235,000 miles...
Oregon’s natural beauty ranges from the rugged Oregon Coast, to the pastoral Willamette Valley, to the thrilling Cascade peaks and a high, arid desert. So it on...
By the time summer sun gave way to fall rains in Oregon, it was clear the state had experienced one of its worst-ever years for wildfires. According to the Oreg...
National parks are wildly popular: In 2017, people traveled outside with nearly 331 million visits to national parks, monuments, and historic and cultural sites...
Over the summer, a wildfire ravaged nearly 50,000 acres of the Columbia River Gorge. It will be months, if not years, before some of the area’s best-loved hikes...
A hiker's paradise of reds, oranges and yellows
Dozens of trails throughout Washington and Oregon hit peak leaf between now and November, their dirt paths co...
Whether hiking in the shadow of Devils Tower or following a stretch of one of the world’s longest footpaths, the best way to celebrate is by recreating on publi...
