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Bend woman traverses Oregon Desert Trail

ADRIAN, Ore. (AP) – Sage Clegg of Bend last month became the first person to traverse the entire Oregon Desert Trail – hiking and biking nearly 800 miles from Bend to this town near the Idah...

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Local canoer places 9th in World Championships Zach Lokken of Durango placed ninth in the Under-23 men’s canoe final Sunday, as the Junior Slalom World Championships came to a clo...

Durangoan, horse win 100-mile Tevis Cup

Now it’s time for Toth and Quake to take a break

Kids learning different lessons in fishing clubs

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) – When Longfellow Elementary School teacher Patty Zerger learned of a student who wanted to grow up to be a professional fisherman, but had never fished before, Zerger d...

Maryland canoe company paddles on

SNOW HILL, Md. (AP) – When Barry Laws started the Pocomoke River Canoe Co. 30 years ago on the banks of the Pocomoke River, he didn’t have a kayak in his fleet. Canoes were the only way to p...

Right towns, right times

How Fruita, Moab became mountain-biking meccas

June was sweet for Sweet Elite

Durango mountain bikers ride state, globe

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Seniors Outdoors announces activities Seniors Outdoors will host these activities: A moderate, 5-mile hike with 600 feet elevation gain on the Melanie High Line Trail w...

National forest trails in poor shape, report says

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Shane Krogen has no trouble finding retirees willing to spend a week in the wilderness grubbing out rocks and swinging a pick or shovel to bring a hiking trail back up to...

Volunteering for the Hardrock

Deadheads who are into physical fitness

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Mancos State Park announces events Mancos State Park will host these activities: The “Dove of the Desert Concert Choir” from Glendale, Ariz., will perform popular music...

Trail by Eastern Oregon river a gem

GRANITE, Ore. (AP) – If you relish the poetic silence of the forest primeval, the North Fork John Day trail might disappoint, and perhaps even annoy, you. There’s plenty of forest...