05/05/2026
Our national parks are in trouble, big trouble. Under funded, under staffed and badly in need of maintenance deferred for years. This article sums up the contrast - billions for monuments to Trump, and cuts and neglect for our Nations Treasures - National Parks. Sad.
Neglect Is the Policy
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's words—and the administration's actions over the last 15 months—have left little doubt about their plans for our national parks.
03/06/2026
Excellent summation on how our laws and regulations are being twisted to open our public lands for extraction industries. Please join with Outdoor Industry Association The Conservation Alliance in efforts to protect access and use of our public lands and keep public lands for the public.
Don’t let Congress abuse policy to give away public lands
When people and businesses emphatically remind Congress our public lands are not for sale, lawmakers listen.
10/16/2025
Way to go KAVU!! Removing poly bags which are very challenging to recycle and using easy to recycle Vela bags!!! Love it!
07/24/2025
KAVU 8 part series The Wizard's Eye drops August 15th ! Check out this epic adventure with Tyler W Bradt as he travels the world! Mark your calendars!
THE WIZARDS EYE | A High Seas Adventure
05/07/2025
Yes - Congress is actively planning to sell 100,000 acres of our Public Lands. Read Wes Siler’s article on how the GOP altered the budget rules to not include lost revenue that the lands generate, in their calculation for the sale. So it only looks like a pile of money, but that doesn’t include the millions of dollars lost in revenue generated by those lands for local communities, the state and federal government - which is all of us.
Then watch the YOUTube clip of CO Rep Joe Neguse trying to get the GOP members of the committee to debate the pros and cons of the resolution. Not a person would speak. Not even Rep Jim Jordan of Ohio.
Our lands being sold without debate, in the middle of the night, no one willing to talk about it or take credit for doing it all so the American people don’t notice.
This is just the beginning.
https://wessiler.substack.com/p/in-gops-public-lands-sell-off-the?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=1p34hz&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
https://youtu.be/3D3gz37MRXk?si=EohefAZRP-Cyw09G
In GOP’s Public Lands Sell-Off, The Biggest Loser Is You
House proposes selling nearly 100,000 acres of your land to fund billionaire tax cuts
05/01/2025
Not heard of Switchback Event? It is from the same folks who produce The Running Event, but Switchback is camp, outdoor, lifestyle focused trade show/event for the Outdoor Industry. Below is more information - vendors, seminars, speakers, brands, non-profits, etc all coming together!! Hope to see you there!
Event Guide - Switchback
Browse the Switchback Spring 2025 Event Guide for a deep dive into everything taking place at the debut outdoor industry gathering.
05/01/2025
Spent a few days helping representatives Angie Craig MN, Jeff Crank CO-5, Senator John Barasso R-WY, Seanator John Hickenlooper D-CO better understand that Lands in Public Hands and to never sell off our cherished lands. And the truly terrible impacts of tariffs on our products. Outdoor Industry Association
04/28/2025
Headed to DC today with Outdoor Industry Association to advocate on behalf of public lands and the impact of unprecedented tariffs on companies and consumers, to hopefully get these reduced or eliminated immediately. Barry Barr of KAVU explains exactly what this looks like.
Seattle’s KAVU faces steep tariffs as U.S.-China trade tensions grow
Seattle's KAVU grapples with U.S.-China tariffs that threaten its business.
04/03/2025
My industry and most all others are bracing for for the impact of this nonsense decision. There is nothing positive here. To grow a manufacturing base in America is highly valuable goal that takes years of highly coordinated actions between the private and public sectors. This is a wrecking ball, a very dumb one. Americans will pay more everywhere they go and have less choice in their everyday lives.