Meet the MULES

Neuse River near Seven Springs: Protecting water quality is a priority of many of North Carolina’s environmental nonprofits. North Carolina is blessed with a plethora of nonprofits dedicated to the...

David Knight, standing near the door, at a Listening Tour stop in Raleigh in June. For most of us starting a new job, orientation involves sitting in a room for...

Taking a dip in the Wilson Creek area. When blazing summer temps start rolling in, it’s easy to look at the calendar and say, “Maybe I’ll head back out in...

Doughton Park Whether you’re a hiker who hibernates over the winter or a year-round hiker who loves layering, spring is when we all get itchin’ for a mountain hike. To...

Fall. It is the time to hike in the Southeast. And here are the 10 hikes you should definitely take before autumn goes away. The Black Mountains near Mount Mitchell...

Charley and Gus Davis savor their time outside. The next time you’re thinking about taking the kids on an outing but it seems like too much work, think about this:...

Since childhood, when we’ve thought of cooling off on a hot summer day, we’ve thought of losing ourselves in a cool mountain pool. Just the thought of a natural water...

When we think of fall, we think of fall color, we think of hiking. Which is curious, because when we’re looking for great color, we tend to look for it...

There’s a scene in “A Walk in the Woods,” the screen version of Bill Bryson’s memorable 1998 account of his common-sense-plagued hike on the Appalachian Trail, in which Bryson (played...

There’s no doubt that the growing popularity of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail contributed to Saturday’s record attendance at the Friends of the MST annual meeting. There’s also no doubt that having...

Of all the ways we escape into the natural world, the most efficient and effective may be with paddle in hand. Three scenes from the past year: Dusk, a mid-July...