National Get Outdoors Day is a new annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. Participating partners will offer opportunities for American families to experience traditional and non-traditional types of outdoor activities. Prime goals of the day are reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting our youth to the great outdoors.

2012 FIVE COLLEGE OUTDOOR FESTIVAL – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
The Five College Outdoor Festival is a yearly celebration of outdoor sports, wild places, and the spirit of adventure. Our goal is to inspire the Five College and western Massachusetts community to engage in human-powered outdoor recreation. Activities at the festival, in celebration of our 11th year, include: an adventure race, pancake brunch, climbing competition,
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The Man Who Can Fly featuring Dean Potter – on NatGeo 2/12/12
Just watching clips of this guy make me a nervous and want to throw up a little, I’m not sure I can take a full show of watching his crazy adventures… One of the world’s most renowned rock climbers, Dean is also an adventurer and nature enthusiast who leaps off cliffs and mountains while
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June 4th & 5th 2011 – No license needed to fish in Massachusetts
June 4 & 5 2011 — STATEWIDE FREE FISHING WEEKEND! Take a friend or family member fishing for free–you won’t need a fishing license to fish any waterbody statewide for these two days! It is time well spent with family and friends. Your purchase of a fishing license directly supports fishing, stocking, education and
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127 Hours out on disk – From the book “Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
Another great outdoor book made movie is out on disk today. 127 hours (Between a Rock and a Hard Place) is an inspirational story about Aron Ralston who spent 5 days trapped with his right arm pinned under a fallen bolder. He does the inevitable to free himself saving his life. The movie does
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