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Does Ammon Bundy Have Principles?
The Sagebrush Rebel chats with a former Outside writer, plus garden recovery for Altadena, how to see the Yosemite Firefall, love for palm trees, a drag queen fights an outdoor brand, and more
Feb 6, 2026
Face Cards
howdy I just dodged the bullet. I scrambled to get my renewed America the Beautiful request in before the end of 2025 and received my updated card with a photo of a lovely roseate spoonbill by Michael Zheng on it. If you’re updating after that, you may not be so lucky. Inst
Jan 23, 2026
Shutdown Strain
howdy Well, I popped back into online newsletter existence recently to just dip my toes into the cesspool of bummer news items about the outdoors, and almost immediately after my newsletter was sent out to inboxes, the government shut down. Again. As we’ve seen in the past
Oct 29, 2025