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      <description><![CDATA[The Buffalo National River runs 135 undammed miles through the Arkansas Ozarks. Sections, seasons by water level, shuttle logistics, and the hazards the Park Service flags.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:52:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Priya Menon</dc:creator>
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      <title>Rocky Mountain National Park Brings Back Timed Entry for 2024</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:52:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Get a Half Dome Permit in 2025</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[About 225 day hikers a day get up the Half Dome cables. The preseason lottery runs March 1–31, 2025, with a daily lottery backup — dates, fees, odds, and the wilderness-permit side door.]]></description>
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      <title>What to Know Before You Visit a US National Park as a Nonresident in 2026</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A $100 per-person surcharge now applies at 11 of the busiest US national parks. Here is who pays, who is exempt, and when the $250 nonresident annual pass is the cheaper route.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:38:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Priya Menon</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Get a Half Dome Permit in Yosemite</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yosemite issues roughly 300 Half Dome permits a day, and most hikers land theirs months ahead through a preseason lottery. Here's how the lottery, the daily backup drawing, and the backpacker add-on actually work.]]></description>
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      <title>How Backcountry Permit Lotteries Actually Work</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From preseason draws to daily walk-up odds, here's the mechanics behind the lottery systems that decide who gets to hike the country's most sought-after trails.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:38:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Aisha Rahman</dc:creator>
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      <title>How Deep Should You Dig a Cathole? The Leave No Trace Numbers, Explained</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:38:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Marcus Wellington</dc:creator>
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      <title>What to Know About Federal Recreation Fees Before You Book</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[At least 80% of your permit or entrance fee stays at the site you paid it, but the booking and lottery charges stacked on top follow different rules and never come back.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:38:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Priya Menon</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Read Contour Lines on a Topographic Map</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Contour lines are the one map feature that tells you what a trail actually feels like underfoot. Here's the mechanism behind them, straight from the agencies that make and manage the maps.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:38:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Priya Menon</dc:creator>
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      <title>August 2026 Is Loaded for Park Trips: Fee-Free Days and a Moved Park Week</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[National Park Week moves to August 22-30, 2026 with fee-free days on August 4 and 25. How to plan the last weeks of summer at the parks.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Week-Before Checklist: Seven Days Out to Trailhead</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The final-week trip checklist: permits and closures at seven days, weather at five, gear shakedown at three, food at two, itinerary filed the day before.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Diego Salazar</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Spot Greenwashing in Eco-Lodges and Hotel Certifications</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How to spot eco-lodge greenwashing: verify certifications, ask five operational questions, and read past leaf logos — an FTC-grounded screening routine.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Trail Right of Way Rules: Who Yields to Whom on Shared Trails</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Trail right of way explained: cyclists yield to hikers and horses, hikers yield to horses, downhill to uphill — plus group, dog, and music conventions on]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What to Know Before You Sea Kayak the Apostle Islands</title>
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      <title>Wildfire Season 2026 Is Already Redrawing Trail Plans: How to Check</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fire-driven trail closures are stacking up in summer 2026, from Painted Canyon to Olympic. The ten-minute check to verify any trail before you go.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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