Outdoors

It’s not always easy to make friends in a new place or when life changes, but these women have formed a group where “sisterhood, hiking and booze meet.”

The program is a partnership between the Western Colorado Conservation Corps, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service. It prepares young women for wildland firefighting jobs with federal agencies.

The U.S. Forest Service manages some 160,000 miles of trails, and maintaining that sprawling system is a major undertaking. Volunteer trail workers have become an essential part of keeping the public’s access open to its vast wild areas.

For kids who use wheelchairs, finding a park they can access can be challenging. A mom in Berthoud, Colorado is fundraising to create an inclusive park where everyone can play side by side.

The latest Utah news for Friday evening, April 15, 2022.

A Belgian hiker died from apparent heat-related causes earlier this week at the Utah-Arizona border.49-year-old Christophe Pochic was on vacation in…

Willow Pond is like a lot of community fishing holes. It’s in a suburban park beyond the soccer fields and a baseball diamond.Great blue herons stand…

Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker wants to get children outdoors and inspire a new generation of environmental stewards.The sixth graders of the Pacific…

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is ready for the Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project in the high Uinta Mountains. The project is…