
Outdoor news and musings from the American West. Written by Casey Schreiner, outdoor author and journalist, television writer/producer, LA Times contributor, and founder of Modern Hiker - one of the oldest and most-read hiking blogs on the west coast.
| Platform | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly | |
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| Issues | 102 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 3 months ago |
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Bundy during the armed occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016 // OPB
You may remember Ammon Bundy from co-leading an armed resistance against the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada in 2014 after his family failed...
I just dodged the bullet.
I scrambled to get my renewed America the Beautiful request in before the end of 2025 and received my updated card with a photo of a lovely roseate spoonbill by Michael Zheng on it. If you’re updating af...
Well, I popped back into online newsletter existence recently to just dip my toes into the cesspool of bummer news items about the outdoors, and almost immediately after my newsletter was sent out to inboxes, the government shut d...
Um … hello?
Yeah, it’s been … a while. It’s been so long that a reader reached out to me via email to ask if I was OK, which I really appreciate and also, because I was raised Catholic in New England, feel so guilty about.
So …...
terrific but sad image from the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Hello, all! Wow, it’s been a minute, huh? Well, I guess I should catch y’all up on some things.
It has been an incredibly hectic few weeks. There has been a whole...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Founder of Modern Hiker. Author of three best-selling books on the outdoors. Outdoor contributor to the Los Angeles Times. Emmy-nominated television writer, producer, and presenter. Poet.
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