As wildlife seekers and nature enthusiasts, touring national parks and state protected areas tend to be among our favorite travel activities. And with 6,624 state parks (the term state parks also includes designations such as state recreation areas, state beaches, and state nature reserves), 41,725 miles of trails, 207,063 campsites, and 7,161 cabins and lodges [...]
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Saving the Paper of Priceless Places
Saving paper is probably one of your highest tenets, as someone who considers himself or herself a “conservationist,” as most Natural Habitat Adventures travelers are. You avoid unnecessarily wasting our precious natural resources. You probably have at least two — if not more — designated waste baskets at home and at work: one for regular [...]
Living with Predators
“Seven teens attacked by grizzly in Alaska’s Talkeetna Mountains,” reads a headline in a Sacramento news story, taken from the Anchorage Daily News on July 25, 2011. And, “Two teenagers have life-threatening injuries after being mauled by a grizzly bear while on a survival skills course in the Alaskan wilderness,” the first line of a [...]
Travel Traditions
Some travel traditions wind up being big and grand, such as when a couple goes on an African safari for a honeymoon and then decides to celebrate each wedding anniversary with the same kind of expedition. Some travel traditions fall on the smaller side, such as driving across town to grandma and grandpa’s house every [...]
