Are you up to date with the latest best practice on pooping and peeing while out on the trail? It’s changed significantly in the last few years due to some decidedly disgusting goings on, so make sure ...

I see them every single day: Neatly-knotted plastic bags of all colors, sometimes "discreetly" tucked by a trailside boulder, atop a marker post, or, in the most egregious cases, right in the middle ...

While hiking in the woods, it’s not uncommon to come across a pile of animal waste. It’s gross, to be sure, but identifying scat is actually one of the easiest ways to keep yourself safe from ...

We hit a nerve with questions about dog poop etiquette recently. There were some passionate reader responses — always fun to read. We asked is it acceptable to: Leave a full bag by the trail to pick ...

Brian Garner started a new job the very day I first emailed him. Garner, a 19-year-old thru-hiker, was training to spend his first season cooking and cleaning in the iconic alpine huts of New ...

A dopey burglar was caught after leaving a dog poop footprint behind at a crime scene. Brian Harold, 20, was foiled after the distinctive marked muck was left at a home he was trying to burgle. The ...