Happy Outdoors

The outdoors as a place of skill, discovery, and good news. Happy Outdoors covers conservation wins, outdoor adventure, wildlife, and the people and places making the natural world a little better.

Because the world has enough bad news
Matt Spears: Matt Spears Rode 100 Miles of Abandoned Idaho Railroad in a Homemade Electric Rail Camper

October 8, 2026

Matt Spears spent two days deep in the Idaho mountains on a homemade electric rail

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Drew Binsky: Drew Binsky Hiked Into the Turkish Mountains to Find Mehmet, a Shepherd Who Has Lived Alone for 17 Years

October 3, 2026

Drew Binsky hiked into the mountains above Antalya, Turkey, with no address and a bag

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Kara and Nate: Nate Clipped a Semi-Truck Mirror at the Georgia Border and It Cost Him $400

October 3, 2026

A retired Colorado school bus, nine passengers, and a spontaneous stop at a bright pink

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Bob Ross: Bob Ross Paints an Autumn Fantasy With a Baby Squirrel on His Shoulder

October 2, 2026

Bob Ross builds a full autumn landscape from sky to reflection in a single session,

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Sky Life: Inside the Autumn Equinox Ceremony at Stonehenge With Druids, Bare Feet, and 6,000 Years of Ritual

October 2, 2026

At 4:41 in the morning, a line of cars stretched outside Stonehenge as druids, pagans,

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Adam Stew: Adam Stew Figured Out How to Catch Walleye on His Remote Island (And Survived Winter Prep)

October 2, 2026

Adam Stew spent a frost-edged weekend on his remote island cabin chopping wood, mounting a

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GeoBeats Animals: Man Builds Over 1,000 Handmade Squirrel Boxes and Discovers They Kiss and Hug Inside

September 28, 2026

John built over a thousand handmade squirrel boxes by hand and installed cameras inside them.

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: Matt Damon Is Doing Something Deliberately Stupid to Get Your Attention for Water.org

September 28, 2026

Matt Damon calls the launch strategy for Get Blue 'sufficiently stupid' on purpose. The campaign

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Dots on a Map: Inside Lofoten: The Arctic Island That Feeds You Cod Ceviche and Sends You Surfing

September 28, 2026

From a hail-stung hike on Senja to a three-course cod ceviche dinner in a Lofoten

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Malini Angelica: Tunis Is One of North Africa's Most Underrated Cities and This Journey Through It Proves Why

September 27, 2026

Tunis carries more than a thousand years of layered identity inside a single city: a

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Colin and Samir: Yes Theory's Thomas Bragg on Why Seeking Discomfort Has Built One of YouTube's Most Beloved Channels

September 27, 2026

Yes Theory co-founder Thomas Bragg has reached 10 million subscribers in 11 years by doing

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Good News: Europe Removed 602 River Barriers in One Year and the Water Is Already Coming Back

September 26, 2026

Six hundred and two river barriers came down across Europe last year, freeing 3,740 kilometers

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