I love pooping outside. One morning in Alaska, a humpback whale breached offshore just as I squatted with my pants around my ankles. Another morning, in Idaho, I watched hummingbirds sip nectar from ...

Sure, a bear poops in the woods. But he lives there. You don’t. So if you’re in nature when nature calls, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation wants you to know a few things about the ...

Long-standing rules for how we do our business in the wilderness are changing in a very big way—and it’s about time. For decades we’ve been taught standardized methods to ensure proper disposal of our ...

WES SILER: Isn't this just the best feeling in the world? I'm going to show you how to poop outside. So there's a couple of basic rules to pooping outside. The first is 200 feet away from any water ...

The Deschutes National Forest will be ready to welcome hikers and boaters for Memorial Day—summer's unofficial kickoff—but most sites will have limited services, if any at all. By the end of this week ...

When embarking on a backcountry expedition, a plan for your excrement is a must. “Let’s talk about poop!” Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore recently proposed to its social media followers. Human waste ...

The story originally published in March 2019. Some litter is obvious — plastic bottles, beer cans and cigarette butts stick out like sore thumbs on the side of a trail. But what about the other stuff, ...