by Liz Childers “A brown bear and her cub attacked a group of teenage boys in Alaska Saturday night. Four boys were injured and in critical condition. The teens were on the 24th day of a 30-day National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) program, which is designed to teach outdoor travel and leadership skills, according to […]

by Liz Childers “A black bear in Colorado has been euthanized after attacking a boy at a campground near Leadville, CO. Rick Voss, 13, was camping with his family when the black bear entered his tent and began sniffing around. Wildlife officials said it had rummaged through coolers and eaten food prior to entering the […]

by Timothy Martinez Jr. A little more than a week after I posted on how to deal with bear encounters, a 57-year-old camper was killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone. Even though lethal bear attacks are exceedingly rare (according to an article in NBC Montana, the last death in Yellowstone was 25 years ago), […]

by Timothy Martinez Jr. The inexperienced (and occasional experienced) camper might think that only bears who wear a necktie and hat are interested in stealing picnic baskets. However, the risk of running into a bear is very real and sometimes dangerous. With hibernation season ending and summer in full swing, the chances of seeing a […]

by Daniel Lawton “I was afraid my parents were going to freak out,” said 13-year-old Louisiana Boy Scout Ian Fuselier, about being recently stranded in an Arkansas national park. Fuselier, five of his Scout mates and two adults, spent 36 hours stranded in the wilderness after heavy rains made a river they had planned on […]