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Notes on travel, especially backpacking and hiking. shoulderseason.net
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The #Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources recently released the text of a spending bill that would mandate the sale of up to 3.2 million acres of national #publiclands. If this bill becomes law, national public lands would be sold in 11 western states, including #Washington.
Use your voice: Our national public lands are not for sale
This year, leaders across the federal government have proposed selling our national public lands — to give them away for development, open them to resource extraction or use them to generate revenue. ...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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The Trump Administration is killing investments in U.S. competitiveness, good jobs & cleaner air to support tax cuts & line the pockets of billionaires.
DOE Cancels $3.7B in Clean Energy Projects Through Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
Project cuts include funding for carbon capture, low-carbon cement
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June 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ten years ago today, we were in Scotland - our first international trip together.
A Circuit of Scotland: Planning the Trip | Shoulder Season
An outdoors-foucsed thirteen-day circuit of Scotland, including Edinburgh, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs, Oban, Fort William, Skye, and Inverness, in May.
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May 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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WTA's policy and planning manager Michael DeCramer has traded out his hiking boots for a suit and traveled to Washington, D.C. on behalf of the thousands of hikers who've called for last week's mass firings of #ForestService and #NationalParkService firings to be reversed.

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WTA visits D.C. to urge rehiring of Forest and Park service staff
This week, WTA’s policy and planning manager Michael DeCramer is in Washington, D.C. Along with partners, one of the key issues Michael will be discussing is the recent firing of thousands of U.S. For...
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February 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Trump's attacks on the National Park Service—including firing 1000 National Park Service workers—will only bring chaos and confusion to our parks and their millions of visitors. National parks preserve our country’s nature, heritage, and history. We must save them, not sabotage them.
February 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Finally sharing notes on our 10-day hike around the Bernina Massif in the Alps of Switzerland and Italy in 2021!

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Tour of the Bernina - Shoulder Season
Overview of our 10-day Tour of the Bernina, with adaptations to spend more time at mountain huts overlooking glaciers.
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November 29, 2024 at 10:40 PM