SOMEWHERE IN THE BADLANDS, N.D. -- The canoe had lurched to a halt with an unceremonious "scrok!" on top of a boulder hidden just below the currents that now swirled around us. We were, quite ...

and almost at once we're in a different world. Road sounds and other markers of modern life drop away, replaced by bird song and the steady rhythm of our paddles. "I love being here, it's a little bit ...

There is a rhythm to canoeing that is connected to the natural cycles of the river. You reach forward to dig a paddle into the water and then pull that paddle along the hull of the canoe, propelling ...

Retired Superior National Forest ranger Tom McCann hopes to journey more than 150 miles along the Minnesota-Ontario border in ...

“It’s wild country you’re going into,” said Bob Bull, a SERE trainer. Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) is training for people whose work might take them into potentially hostile ...

Join us on an overnight canoe-camping trip in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia, known for its abundant wildlife. We spotted our first alligator within 30 minutes and encountered a ...

Crescent Lake is inside the Superior National Forest, but outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It offers a boat landing, camping sites and access to other lakes via canoe portages. No ...

We set off at first light, gliding with the current down the Missisquoi River and almost at once we're in a different world. Road sounds and other markers of modern life drop away, replaced by bird ...