Manhattanite David D’Alessio spent a recent Saturday cobbling together a shelter out of muddy leaves and twigs in a wooded stretch 75 miles north of New York City. While the wilderness training on the ...

Winter storm underway for parts of US, with impacts to threaten nearly 180M Americans: NWS A "high-impact and far-reaching" winter storm is underway in parts of the U.S., with "significant" weather ...

Campers were busy setting up camp when an announcement came from the instructor: “A storm will be here in 10 minutes from the northwest!” With that, students had to figure out the direction the storm ...

A hiker stepped off the trail to pee, got disoriented and wound up dead. A mother and son’s car broke down in Death Valley; the son died. A hunter lost the trail back to his truck and died of ...

Winter camping is available at Beaver Lake and the White River below Beaver Dam at Army Corps of Engineers parks. Beaver Lake campsites may be reserved at Prairie Creek, Lost Bridge North, Horseshoe ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- This weekend offers a variety of free, family-friendly events, including painting, career exploration, and outdoor survival skills. Paint what’s in your heart / March 7, ...

THANKS TO A UNIQUE LOCAL SCHOOL. HE WAS FORCED TO SLEEP OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE STORMY WEATHER AND DARKNESS WITHIN SECONDS. HE WAS BURIED UNDER THREE FEET OF SNOW HIS HEAD. HE SAYS TWISTED TO ONE SIDE, ...