Winter camping opens this week
MARENGO ? It takes all the courage you can muster to unzip your warm sleeping bag and put on a pair of frozen boots. But for many, battling the elements is part of the challenge.

Collier camping ordinance targets homeless
With shelters over-flowing, hundreds of homeless people in collier county are left with nowhere to turn but the woods. Now, some people want to make it illegal for them to camp there.

Question of the Week
Do you think Victoria appealing the judge's ruling striking down the city's no camping in parks bylaw is a good idea?

The art of winter camping
When I was young, the experience of camping out in winter was an exciting one. I remember setting up a lean-to outside my house, and then spending a night in it in minus 30-degree weather just to see if I could do it.

FBI files case in Mumbai, assists in breaking codes
FBI team, accompanied by investigators from Scotland Yard, are camping in Mumbai for the last two days collecting information.

Pearland Lions roar their support for camp
The Pearland Lions Club gave $7,000.00 to the Texas Lions Camp. The camp in Kerrville provides summer camping activities for physically challenged and diabetic children.

Superintendent leaving: White takes job as Woodstock Elementary principal
Karen White, the superintendent of the Rutland Central Supervisory Union for the last four years, said she was sitting by a pond while camping when she determined she had to take her life in a new direction. ... - By CRISTINA KUMKA Herald Staff

Preparation can ease your burdens
Be prepared. It's the Boy Scout's motto and sage advice for anyone. After a weekend camping trip with my friend Randy Sadd, one thing became abundantly clear: Randy was never a Boy Scout.

Camp cooking system can be used year-round
Holiday shopping for camping enthusiasts can be a bit weird. What to say? Here's a mosquito net you can use twice next year? Or here is a cook set that will sit in your basement for the next 10 months?

Visits to national forests declining
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - In the years after World War II, Americans packed up their young families and Army surplus camping gear and headed into the national forests to hunt, fish, and hike.

Visits to national forests declining
Associated Press - December 1, 2008 8:24 PM ET GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - In the years after World War II, Americans packed up their young families and Army surplus camping gear and headed into...

Fluffy outwits predators, returns to Texas
Fluffy the cat should change her name to Lucky. The long-haired tabby from Texas was lost by her owners, the Philip Wattenbarger family of Houston, on Aug. 1, while the family was camping in a trailer at West Yellowstone?s Rainbow Point.

Collier commission to consider ordinance to curb homeless camping
In 1974, Collier County was a lightly-populated county and everyone, eventually, came to know just about everyone else. It wasn?t unusual to drive Jeeps along the beaches and camp out at whatever pretty park or agricultural site seemed appealing, although parking cars or sleeping outside within one mile of the Gulf of Mexico was against the law. Collier?s grown and changed. So have the laws. On ...

Urban coyotes bring untamed, unsettling concerns
You've probably heard coyotes howling at the pale moonlight during a camping trip, maybe you've even spotted one at a state park or out in the country.

Where have the people gone?
GRANTS PASS ? In the years after World War II, Americans packed up their young families and Army surplus camping gear and headed into the national forests to hunt, fish and hike. Going to the woods was part of what it meant to be an American.

An amorous rat and demonic dreams
Perpetually barking dogs, phones ringing at all hours, giant rats and haunted camping grounds - it's almost enough to make travellers stay home. In Istanbul, we were booked into a small hotel near Hagia Sophia recommended by the Lonely Planet guide.

Fishing for the Perfect Holiday Gift This Season?
(ARA) - With more than 50 million anglers and about 21 million hunters throughout the United States, the odds are that there's a special person in your life who loves the outdoors, and enjoys fishing, hunting, birding, camping or some other outdoor activity.

Beef Barley Soup
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Van theft upsets Mt Evelyn family Christmas
CHRISTMAS and a long-awaited camping holiday have been ruined for a Mt Evelyn family after thieves stole their caravan.

The movie business isn't recession-proof, after all
Judging by the box office -- a record-setting US$70 million opening for 'Quantum of Solace,' fans camping out for 'Twilight' -- things seem great in Hollywood. But look away from the glow of the screen, and Tinseltown gets a lot darker.