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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.

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MasterClass: Aaron Franklin's 10-Hour Pulled Pork Method Is Simpler Than You Think

August 6, 2026

Aaron Franklin’s 10-Hour Pulled Pork Method Is Simpler Than You Think

Aaron Franklin walks through his complete 10-hour smoked pulled pork method, from a bone-in pork

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PBS Food: Aaron Franklin Cooks Three Briskets Three Ways to Find the One That's Just Right

August 6, 2026

Aaron Franklin Cooks Three Briskets Three Ways to Find the One That’s Just Right

Aaron Franklin ran three prime-grade briskets through the same overnight cook on the same offset

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Ryan Mitchell: Ryan Mitchell Climbed Mount Rainier's Most Technical Route and Took 11 Hours to Do It

August 6, 2026

Ryan Mitchell Climbed Mount Rainier’s Most Technical Route and Took 11 Hours to Do It

Ryan Mitchell spent four days on Mount Rainier's Couch Glacier route, navigating ice chimneys, massive

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Ghost Town Living: He Legally Claimed U.S. Public Land and Mined Real Silver From It

August 6, 2026

He Legally Claimed U.S. Public Land and Mined Real Silver From It

Brent, a resident of the Cerro Gordo ghost town in California, spent seven months legally

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August 6, 2026

All 11 Survive Seaplane Crash and Fire in Puget Sound’s Frigid Waters

A Kenmore Air de Havilland DHC-3 Otter carrying 10 passengers and a pilot crashed and

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Greg Lav: Greg Lav Chartered a 160-Foot Yacht in Greece After a Decade Nobody Believed In

August 5, 2026

Greg LaVecchia Chartered a 160-Foot Yacht in Greece After a Decade Nobody Believed In

Greg LaVecchia spent his twenties building Bloom from Instagram PDFs and Halloween-costume thumbnails into a

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Peter Santenello: The Last Waterman: Inside Old Maine With a Sixth-Generation Lobsterman

August 5, 2026

The Last Waterman: Inside Old Maine With a Sixth-Generation Lobsterman

Eric Waterman is a sixth-generation lobsterman whose family name appears on the nautical charts off

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Chris Rogers: GoPro MAX2 at Teahupo'o: The 360-Camera Trick That Changed How We See Tahiti's Most Powerful Wave

August 5, 2026

GoPro MAX2 at Teahupo’o: The 360-Camera Trick That Changed How We See Tahiti’s Most Powerful Wave

At 6:00 a.m. at Teahupo'o, surf legend Terrevor David paddled into one of the most

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Brett McFarland: Brett McFarland's 'Humboldt' Is a Love Letter to California's Most Outlaw County

August 5, 2026

Brett McFarland’s ‘Humboldt’ Is a Love Letter to California’s Most Outlaw County

Brett McFarland's 'Humboldt' traces the folk-country roots of California's most defiant county, from the 1968

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Malini Angelica: One Week to Become a Carioca: Malini Angelica's Rio de Janeiro Immersion

August 4, 2026

One Week to Become a Carioca: Malini Angelica’s Rio de Janeiro Immersion

Malini Angelica arrives in Rio de Janeiro with one week and one goal: to live

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Malini Angelica: Beyond the Beach: Corfu's Hidden Villages, Ghost Towns, and Liquid Gold Olive Oil

August 4, 2026

Beyond the Beach: Corfu’s Hidden Villages, Ghost Towns, and Liquid Gold Olive Oil

From a ghost village hidden beneath Corfu's highest peak to a family olive grove making

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Malini Angelica: Western Sicily's Secret Coast: Trapani, the Egadi Islands, and the Food That Tells Its Own History

August 4, 2026

Western Sicily’s Secret Coast: Trapani, the Egadi Islands, and the Food That Tells Its Own History

Western Sicily hides its best surprises west of Palermo: a port city where seafood couscous

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