Latest Outdoor News

Riverfront Advocates Encourage City to Fund Projects

Great cities around the world have great public spaces. The city of Richmond has wonderful parks and public spaces but none rival the 600-acre James River Park System — truly …

There’s Still Time to Shiver!

The air temperature won’t be brutally cold this weekend, which obviously means you should go jump in the James River, right? If that idea doesn’t sound completely insane to you …

Virginia Tech Report: Va. State Parks Stimulated $250M in Visitor Spending in 2018

Virginia State Parks helped stimulate more than $249.1 million in visitor spending in 2018, according to a new economic impact report compiled by the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business. …

Ahoy, Volunteers! Lend a Hand on the Northbank Trail Project

Work on the new Northbank connector trail is moving right along with another great turnout at the work day last Saturday. I went out the previous week to the new trail …

Gift Protects 3 Appomattox River Islands

Check out this cool news from our friends at the Capital Region Land Conservancy: Even for a land trust, it isn’t every day someone offers you a gift of an …