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More Americans are heading outdoors to hunt and fish for fun, reversing a two-decade-long decline among adults. Eleven percent more Americans (ages 16 and older) fished and 9% more hunted in 2011 than in 2006, according to a new five-year survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

New urban parks, wildlife refuges and walking trails along with efforts to complete gaps in the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin and restore the Harlem ...

Since the beginning of the year, 18 people have died at Yosemite National Park, an unfortunate increase from recent years and a cause for alarm for the park’s rangers.

Don't forget to pack your sunscreen along with the swimsuits, fishing poles and other accoutrements of outdoor summer fun.

The eight-part TLC series “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” largely shows the former governor and vice-presidential candidate exploring the outdoors in her home state.

The long twilight evenings of June inspire simple indulgences -- such as chilled wine, simple food, good friends, lingering on the deck as the sun sets. For something to go with the wine, consider grilled (literally) cheese sandwiches. No matter what the weather, warm sandwiches prove irresistible.

The main roadway leading to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is set to reopen for the summer season on May 15.

Revenue from the sale of federal duck stamps to Pennsylvania hunters since the program began in 1934.