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Overland Expo Sets Its 2027 Dates, and Mountain West Moves to BrightonOverlanding Toyota Adds Trailhunter Versions of the 2027 Tundra and SequoiaOverlanding Nissan's Pathfinder XE-V6 Concept Nods to Its Off-Road RootsOff-road Creator Watch List, a Bushcraft Shelter and a Rainy Tent NightScreen & channel MeatEater Season 14 Premieres November 14 on Outdoor ChannelScreen & channel Weekend Rain Slows the Wild River Fire; Containment Reaches 29 PercentTrail reports

Big Bend's Boquillas Crossing Reopens After Three WeeksPublic land Wild River Fire Reaches 20 Percent Containment; Closures RemainTrail reports

Minnesota's Deer Opener Brings Mandatory CWD Testing in the SouthwestHunting Davis Mountains State Park Closes Its Primitive Area for Public HuntsPublic land Minnesota's Wild River State Park Closes for a Special Hunt Through MondayPublic land

Wild River Fire Closes Trails and a Road in the White MountainsTrail reports Big Bend's Boquillas Crossing Stays Closed as Mud Blocks the TrailPublic land Recalls Hit an Electric Off-Roader, Youth ATVs and BMX BikesGear

Creator Watch List, Grouse Over the Fire and a Hot Tent NightScreen & channel Washington Proposes Tighter Trout and Kokanee Rules on Two Columbia LakesFishing Washington Weighs a Bigger Penalty for Unreturned Puget Sound Crab CardsFishing

Grand Canyon Lifts Stage 2 Fire Restrictions on the South RimTrail reports World Surfing Games Open Friday in Peru, With LA28 Spots at StakeSurfing Shimano Buys Japanese Lure Maker JackallGear Camping World Posts Its Biggest Quarterly Loss as RV Demand SlumpsCamping

Washington Razor Clam Digs Return Nov. 7 to 11, Northern Beaches OnlyFishing Record High Water Widens the PCH Bluff Crack at Crystal CoveTrail reports Influencer Charged With Dragging a Great White Onto a Cape Cod BeachFishing Simmers and Medina Win the First Philippines Pro at Cloud 9Surfing Washington Holds a Virtual Town Hall on Next Year's Coastal Steelhead SeasonsFishing

Bodie Island Lighthouse Boardwalk Closes for About Four MonthsPublic land California's Crab Opener Saturday Comes With a Trap Ban and a ClosureFishing

Hot-Tent Season Starts on Outdoor YouTube, From Woodstoves to a Hobbit TentScreen & channel Yosemite Closes Tioga and Glacier Point Roads as the Storm ArrivesTrail reports

The Season's First Big Mountain Snow Hits the West This WeekendTrail reports

Sequoia and Kings Canyon Start Pile Burning November 1Public land Hatteras Island Reopens to Visitors, and Its Campgrounds Are Open AgainTrail reports

Rain Camps, a See-Through Blind and a Budget Tent From Outdoor CreatorsScreen & channel Outdoor Tom's Latest Trip Brings 103 Salmon and Seven Grizzlies at KatmaiScreen & channel Young Camping Posts Three Solo Nights in California's Mountains and ForestsScreen & channel Paving Starts on NC 12, With One Lane Still Targeted for FridayTrail reports Flash Flood Watches Cover Southwest Hiking Country Through FridayTrail reports A Great White Splashes a Surfer at Oceano, and Swims OffSurfing New York Officers Use Thermal Drones to Catch Night Salmon FishingFishing Black Diamond Refreshes Its Headlamps, Led by a 3,000-Lumen MegawattGear The Jeep Gladiator Finally Gets Factory 35-Inch TiresOff-road Grand Canyon Asks for Comment on Removing Old Inner-Canyon Phone WirePublic land

NC 12 to Hatteras Could Reopen to One Lane by Friday NoonTrail reports Man Gored Trying to Free a Mule Deer Buck Tangled in WireHunting

Cloud 9 Hosts the Philippines' First Championship Tour Event From October 31Surfing Firearm Deer Openers Are Coming, From Minnesota on November 7 to PennsylvaniaHunting California's Recreational Dungeness Crab Season Is Set to Open November 7Fishing Texas Monthly BBQ Fest Brings 35-Plus Top 50 Joints to LockhartBBQ Holy Smokes Barbecue Festival Returns to North Charleston November 14BBQ Calgary's SmellaQue Wins the Jack Daniel's Invitational BarbecueBBQ King Tides Flood Orange and San Diego Coasts Through ThursdaySurfing Picklum and Colapinto Win the Rip Curl Pro Portugal at SupertubosSurfing Snow Peak's Landlock X Arrives in the US, Stove Not IncludedGear South Kaibab and River Trails Reopen at Grand Canyon After Flood RepairsTrail reports Every Area of Gulf Islands National Seashore Is Open AgainTrail reports Rocky Mountain National Park Plans a Prescribed Burn Near Bear Lake RoadPublic land

Blue Ridge Parkway Reopens the Peaks of Otter SectionTrail reports Chilnualna Falls Trail Reopens in the Dome Fire AreaTrail reports First Razor Clam Dig of the Season Is Tonight at MocrocksFishing Wonderland Trail Stays Closed on Rainier's North SideTrail reports Stillaguamish River Fishing Closure Runs Through November 1Fishing Sandy Bay Parking Lot Partly Closes November 2 for Power WorkTrail reports Grant Grove Trails Are Open Again After the Prescribed BurnTrail reports Chehalis River Advisory Gives Way to a Full Fishing ClosureFishing

NC 12 Takes a Seventh Day of Overwash, With No Reopening DateTrail reports Black Bear Attacks a Woman Walking Her Dog in Index, WashingtonPublic land

Most Yellowstone Roads and Three Entrances Close November 1Public land No Timeline for Reopening NC 12 to Hatteras IslandTrail reports

Drought Closes Most Washington Coast Rivers to Fishing SaturdayFishing Emergency Ferry Links Hatteras to the Mainland as NC 12 Stays ClosedTrail reports White-Nose Syndrome Reaches Glacier National Park's BatsPublic land Grand Canyon Takes Comments on Hiding the Hermits Rest Water TankPublic land

Crews Assess Pea Island Damage as Hatteras Stays Closed to VisitorsTrail reports Rip Currents and 3- to 6-Foot Surf on LA and Ventura BeachesSurfing

Ocean Overwash Closes NC 12 Between the Basnight Bridge and RodantheTrail reports Razor Clam Digs Approved at Copalis and Mocrocks, October 26 to 29Fishing Record Stingray Stings in Orange County as a Strong El Niño ArrivesSurfing Vermont's Antlerless Muzzleloader Season Runs October 29 to November 1Hunting

Big Surf Now Runs From the Outer Banks to Palm BeachSurfing Gulf Islands National Seashore Reopens Fort Pickens and Opal BeachTrail reports Wounded Black Bear Attacks Woman Tracking It in Pend Oreille CountyHunting

Hatteras Island Still Closed to Visitors; Ocracoke Ferries SuspendedTrail reports Outer Banks Surf Stays Big Into ThursdaySurfing Dome Fire Reaches 100 Percent ContainmentTrail reports

Cape Hatteras Closes and Dare County Orders Visitors Off Hatteras IslandTrail reports Hoh and Quillayute Watersheds Close to All Fishing MondayFishing Grant Grove Burn Moves to October 17; Trails Close Day by DayTrail reports Quinault's North Shore–South Shore Road Link Comes Out October 22Trail reports New Mexico Closes Bear Zone 1Hunting

Sneaker Waves Expected on Bay Area Beaches This WeekendSurfing Naselle Hatchery Reopens to Anglers, With New River Structures to WatchFishing Olympic National Park Starts Pile Burns October 20Trail reports Big Surf and Coastal Flood Threat From Virginia Beach to OcracokeSurfing South Texas Coast Gets High Surf, Rip Currents and Beach FloodingSurfing Clearwater River on the Olympic Coast Closes to All FishingFishing Cascade River Now Open Daily; Skagit Tribal Closures Move to October 19–21Fishing Tularemia Found in Two Dead Hares in Glacier's Many Glacier ValleyTrail reports Dome Fire Crews Cut to 278 as Yosemite Takes Back CommandTrail reports

Capistrano Beach Gets Emergency Sand After Rachel's Surf Damages HomesSurfing World Tour Heads to Peniche With Three Stops LeftSurfing Long-Period South Swell and High Tides Bring Beach Hazards to Southern CaliforniaSurfing Denali Road Rule Allows 160 Vehicles a Day Past Mile 15Public land Yosemite Takes Back the Dome Fire at 95 Percent ContainedTrail reports

Idaho Proposes Banning Carcass Moves Between Units Inside CWD ZonesHunting Texas Quail Surveys Point to Another Good Season Opening November 1Hunting Wisconsin's Elk Season Opens Saturday With 16 State HuntersHunting Gravel Race Shares Prescott Deer Units on the Second WeekendHunting

SAAMI Publishes the First Public Standard for a 5.56 CartridgeGear Humminbird Fish Finders Become Minn Kota as Johnson Outdoors Merges the BrandsGear New This Week From Buck, Benchmade and LeathermanGear Newfound Gap Road No Longer Listed as Closed in the SmokiesTrail reports Several Hood Canal Shellfish Beaches Reopen Wednesday as Biotoxin Levels FallFishing Blue Ridge Parkway's Soco Gap Section Reopens; Peaks of Otter Closed AgainTrail reports Bouquet Fire Fully Contained; Drinkwater OHV Area and Forest Roads ReopenOff-road Dome Fire Reaches 95 Percent; Yosemite Takes Back Command ThursdayTrail reports Minnesota Takes Comment on a 57-Mile ATV Trail in Becker CountyOff-road CWD Testing Is Mandatory in Southwest Minnesota on Deer OpenerHunting Minnesota Floats Fishing Rule Changes, From the St. Croix to Grand MaraisFishing

Most of the Blue Ridge Parkway Reopens After IsaiasTrail reports Dome Fire Reaches 73 Percent as Rain and Snow ArriveTrail reports Bouquet Fire 93 Percent Contained; Drinkwater Still ClosedTrail reports Prescribed Burn Near the General Grant Tree Starts TuesdayTrail reports

Dome Fire Lines Hold Through the Wind; Containment Reaches 69 PercentTrail reports Appalachian Trail Hikers Told to Postpone Southern Trips Until Isaias PassesTrail reports

Glacier Point Road Reopens as the Dome Fire HoldsTrail reports Bouquet Fire Evacuations Lifted; Rowher Flat OHV Area Reopens, Drinkwater Stays ShutOff-road Deception Pass, Skagit Bay and Port Susan Open for Winter CrabbingFishing New Mexico Closes Bear Zone 10; Five Zones Now ShutHunting Pile Burns Planned at Ross Lake and Lake Chelan Through NovemberTrail reports

Smokies Close Newfound Gap Road Tonight as Hurricane Isaias ApproachesTrail reports Going-to-the-Sun Road's Alpine Section Closes for a Weekend StormTrail reports Zion-Mount Carmel Highway Reopens After the September RockfallTrail reports Skagit Keeps Tight Coho Rules; Middle River Closes October 12 to 15Fishing Idaho Pheasant Season Opens Statewide October 15, With a Three-Rooster LimitHunting Minnesota Keeps Its Six-Duck Limit, Declining the Three-Bird OptionHunting Washington Proposes Year-Round Two-Pole Fishing on the Snake and ColumbiaFishing Van Rysel Gravel Bikes and a Snow Peak Propane Insert RecalledGear Dome Fire Jumps to 61 Percent Contained Ahead of Saturday's WindTrail reports

Clean Water Act Proposal on Streams and Wetlands Closes to Comment FridayPublic land Forest Service Takes Comment on Roca Honda Uranium Mine Near Mount TaylorPublic land Bouquet Fire Evacuation Order Shrinks to the Burn Area, 83 Percent ContainedTrail reports Dome Fire Holds Inside Its Footprint at 47 PercentTrail reports Texas Expects a Good Deer Season; Hunters Asked to Watch for ScrewwormHunting Black Bear Attacks Two People at a Home in Salmon, IdahoHunting California's First Bobcat Plan Is Open for Comment Through November 1Hunting Wisconsin Seeks Comment on Draft Turkey Plan, Open Houses Next WeekHunting Interior Seeks Members for Its Hunting and Shooting Access CouncilPublic land Buck Commander Returns for Season 17 on Outdoor Channel Sunday NightsScreen & channel

Stillaguamish River Closes to All Fishing Friday Over Chinook EncountersFishing Washington Postpones Razor Clam Season Over Rising Marine ToxinFishing Chilnualna Falls Trail Reopens as Dome Fire Reaches 47 PercentTrail reports Bouquet Canyon Road Reopens; Fire at 74 Percent, OHV Areas Still ClosedTrail reports Yosemite's High Country Campgrounds Close This WeekendCamping Glamis Season Is Open, With the Ranger Station Moved to Cement FlatsOff-road Overland Expo East Returns to Arrington, Virginia, October 23 to 25Overlanding Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel Are Free to Watch Through OctoberScreen & channel Montana Pheasant Season Opens Saturday With 15,000 Released BirdsHunting The Jack Comes to Lynchburg This Weekend, a Week After the RoyalBBQ HotHands Rechargeable Hand Warmers Recalled, 77,000 Sold at Bass Pro and TargetGear Mount Hood's Grasshopper Fire Closure Shrinks to 43 Trails and 23 RoadsTrail reports Wonderland Trail Fire Closure Runs Carbon River to White RiverTrail reports

Bouquet Fire Evacuations Mostly Lifted, OHV Areas Reopen at 67 PercentTrail reports Dome Fire Crews Push East Line Before Weekend Winds and CoolingTrail reports Quillayute River Reopens With Lower Salmon Limits and No BaitFishing

Bouquet Fire Near Santa Clarita Closes Canyon Road and Two OHV AreasTrail reports Dome Fire Quiet on South and West as Crews Work East FlankTrail reports Vermont Stocks Trophy Trout in Five Southern Waters This FallFishing Rebelle Rally Starts Wednesday, Adding Utah to the RouteOverlanding Bear Canyon Wildlife Area Near Mimbres Closed Monday Through ThursdayPublic land Alone Crowns Two Arctic Winners as Next Seasons Wait for DatesScreen & channel

Crews Wrap the Ostrander Ski Hut as Dome Fire Flares SoutheastTrail reports GMU 34 Elk Hunters Asked to Bring Heads for CWD TestingHunting Gobi Heat Recalls Rechargeable Hand Warmers Over Fire RiskGear

Hotshot Crews Ordered as Dome Fire Spot Fires Push Past 6,600 AcresTrail reports Lower Eagle Creek Closed to Angling to Protect CohoFishing Raptor Rally Closes Parts of Standard Wash OHV Area October 14–17Off-road

Dome Fire Closure Now Reaches Mono Meadow and Buena Vista TrailsTrail reports Snohomish River Closes to All Fishing Saturday Over Weak CohoFishing Walmart Recalls 4.4 Million Expert Grill Wire BrushesBBQ Campfires and Target Shooting Return on BLM Redding LandsPublic land

Dome Fire at 40 Percent as Crews Burn Out Near Glacier PointTrail reports Next Fee-Free Park Day Is Tuesday, October 27Public land Cape Royal and Point Imperial Roads Close as North Rim Winds DownTrail reports Summerland Trailhead Closed Through 2029 for Fryingpan Creek Bridge WorkTrail reports

An Abandoned Campfire Started the Dome Fire, Investigators SayTrail reports Chehalis Tribes May Cite Anglers on 10 Miles of the Chehalis RiverFishing Winter Crabbing Opens October 1 in Seven Puget Sound AreasFishing

Dome Fire Reaches 34 Percent as the Cool Spell EndsTrail reports Plaskett Fire Handed Back to Los Padres National Forest TodayPublic land

Dome Fire Passes 5,000 Acres; Cooler Weather Due Through TuesdayTrail reports Santa Rosa Island Camping Reopens October 14, Southeast Stays ClosedCamping

Dome Fire Reaches 30 Percent as Smoke Shifts to TuolumneTrail reports

Dome Fire Containment Jumps to 28 Percent OvernightTrail reports Big Sur Backcountry Closure Now Runs to January 31Public land

Glacier Point Road Closes, and Containment Moves for the First Time in a WeekTrail reports Both National Days Fall on Saturday, September 26Public land

Pomona Hosts the Southern California Overland Show Next MonthOverlanding The Closure Was Extended, and the Fire Is Past Four Thousand AcresTrail reports Two Yosemite Closures That Have Nothing To Do With the FireTrail reports

Two Much Bigger Fires Have Been Burning on Los Padres All SummerTrail reports Comment Deadlines Worth KnowingPublic land The Closure Order Runs Out at Midnight Tonight, and the Fire Is Still GrowingTrail reports The Procession for the PilotsTrail reports

Competition Barbecue Now Has a Million-Dollar PrizeBBQ Food Network Built a Barbecue Show Around the Part That Actually HurtsScreen & channel The Biggest RV Show of the Year Says Smaller, AgainCamping This Year's Showcase Build Is a Midsize Truck, and It Goes to Auction This AutumnOverlanding A Motorhome Company Built an Off-Grid TruckOff-road Two Pilots Killed When a Water-Dropping Helicopter Went Down on the Dome FireTrail reports The Closure Has Grown to Ostrander Lake and Everything South of ItTrail reports

Dome Fire Past Three Thousand Acres, With Containment Holding at Fifteen PercentTrail reports Two National Days Land on SaturdayPublic land Most of the Salmon Season Closes September 30Fishing Forest Fee Comments Close September 29Camping

Powered Hiking Is Quietly Becoming a Product CategoryGear Archery's 2026 Pitch Is Tuning Without a PressGear Both Big Survival Franchises Went International in the Same YearScreen & channel The Biggest Refuge Access Expansion on Record Came With a Lead Rollback AttachedHunting Two Free Saturdays Land on the Same DayHunting The Gate Price Changed in January and a Lot of Coverage Still Has It WrongPublic land The Dome Fire Has Nearly Doubled Again, With the First Containment Line HeldTrail reports Parks Are Free Today, If You Live HerePublic land Smoke Is Travelling Further Than the FireCamping

Dome Fire Closes Chilnualna Falls While the Rest of Yosemite Stays OpenTrail reports Hyundai Has a Ladder Frame Coming, and the Boulder Is the TellOff-road Field Notes: Weigh the Rig Before You Buy Anything ElseOverlanding Field Notes: Fishing a Restricted River Without Killing FishFishing Field Notes: Planning a Hunt Around a Testing RequirementHunting Field Notes: What a Campsite Actually Costs and Where You Can Sleep FreeCamping Field Notes: Getting More Out of the Grill You Already OwnBBQ Field Notes: The Three Things That Keep You Off the Recovery BillOff-road Traeger Keeps Adding Lineups, and the Field Keeps Filling In Behind ItBBQ What a Pellet Grill Actually Buys You, and What It Does NotBBQ An Old Flat-Top Recall Worth CheckingBBQ The Knife Industry Spent 2026 Competing on EngineeringGear REI Put Prices on the Plush Camp TrendGear Snow Peak Refreshes the TortueGear The Two Convertibles Keep Climbing Past Each OtherOff-road Fall Stocking Starts, and Michigan Changed the Rules Last WeekFishing The East Is Still Rebuilding What Helene TookTrail reports Car Camping Went Plush and Stopped ApologisingGear Tahoe Rim: Construction, and a Campground Already ShutCamping Michigan Rebuilt Its Public-Hunting MapHunting National Forests Are Quietly Repricing the CampgroundCamping Montana Is Already in Season, With a Rewritten RulebookHunting Alone Australia Left the Southern HemisphereScreen & channel Last Expo of the Year Is October 23Overlanding Two Recalls Still Sitting in People's KitsGear The Wasting Disease Rules Moved Again Before Opening DayHunting California's Salmon Season Is Running Out the ClockFishing Overlanding Starts Shedding WeightOverlanding Northern California: What Is Still Burned OverTrail reports A Slovenian Outlasts the Arctic, and Alone Crowns Its First World ChampionScreen & channel Public Lands Day Grew a Month Long, and Quietly Stopped Being FreePublic land The Trail Trim Is No Longer a NicheOff-road Ultralight Shelters Take Another Turn Through the ShopGear Outdoor Boys, a Year and a Half After the GoodbyeScreen & channel Grand Canyon's Single Water Line Still BrokenPublic land Roadless Rule Rollback Moves AheadPublic land

Montana Lets the Rivers Back OpenFishing

Loveland Drew 18,500 and Possibly the Most Debuts the Series Has SeenOverlanding Toyota Puts the Tundra Trailhunter in Front of People Who Will Actually Use ItOff-road

No Full Wonderland Circuit This YearTrail reports Outdoor Retailer Starts Over in Minneapolis, Smaller and StrangerGear The Suppressor Rules Moved Twice This Year, and the Headlines Overstated BothGear

Nineteen Waters Restricted, and the Season Is Tracking Like the Worst One on RecordFishing What the Grizzly Proposal Actually Changes for Western HuntersHunting

Fifty-Four Trails Shut on Mount Hood, and the Order Runs to New Year's EveTrail reports Western Montana Joins the Afternoon ShutdownFishing

The Summer Gear Show Says 2027 Is About Shaving Poles and GramsGear Angeles Goes to Very HighCamping

Montana Closes a Stretch of the Madison and Puts Six Rivers on the ClockFishing Interior Moves to Hand Grizzly Management to the States Without DelistingPublic land