Archery Elk Hunting in the Anthropocene
What is the Anthropocene and Why Does it Matter? I was eight miles deep in the backcountry of the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon...
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benjaminburgholzer
Mar 261 min
The Transcendentalists and Their Influence on the Creation of Public Land in America
Currently, there are about 640 million acres of public land in the United States – roughly one quarter of the country’s entire acreage....
benjaminburgholzer
Mar 261 min
Biophilia and Recovery: The Biophilia Hypothesis and its Impact on People in Recovery for Substance Use Disorder
“Most children have a bug period, and I never grew out of mine.” -Edward O. Wilson, Naturalist If you know me, you know the outdoors have...
benjaminburgholzer
Mar 261 min
Book Review: Dopesick by Beth Macy
We ended our last newsletter with a few questions about how the hell we ended up here. I told you the opioid crisis that has now claimed...
benjaminburgholzer
Mar 261 min
How Did We Get Here? The Standard American Opioid Story
I got addicted to heroin by what I call the “Standard American Opioid Story.” I had been experimenting with drugs pretty heavily in my...
benjaminburgholzer
Oct 13, 20205 min
Loving Public Land While Acknowledging Its Dark Past
The Real History of Conservation and Environmentalism in America Here in the United States, we love thinking in binaries. Some linguists...
benjaminburgholzer
Sep 9, 202010 min
How To Pack for a Backcountry Hunting Trip
What to bring along and what to leave in the truck. I meant to do this post before the season started, but I’ve been so busy hunting and...
benjaminburgholzer
Jun 1, 20204 min
The Real Story Behind the 28” Brown Caught on a Size 20 BWO on the Upper Delaware
And the Secret to Catching Trophy Trout on Heavily Pressured Waters As a lifelong fisherman, Nick Zebrowski has taken some memorable fish...
benjaminburgholzer
Apr 5, 20204 min
Deer Management Program in Binghamton University's Nature Preserve: Essential for Biodiversity
Above, two deer at night in Binghamton University's Nature Preserve Photo Credit: Woodson Valentino Photography Back in February, I sat...
benjaminburgholzer
Mar 4, 20205 min
Tips from the Whitetail Woods 2019-20
I've been super busy with working on my first book, so it's taken me a while to finally sit down and write everything I learned this...
benjaminburgholzer
Jan 26, 20207 min
Ten Outdoor Books to Shake the Winter Blues
It’s the time of year when a lot of folks get a case of the winter blues. There’s still plenty of ice fishing, small game...
benjaminburgholzer
Dec 9, 20191 min
An Outside Interview
"Human beings are led to believe so many things in the modern world: that we are outside of nature, that city life is preferable, that we
benjaminburgholzer
Nov 18, 20199 min
A Story As Old As Time: A Failed Hunt
I waited to write this story until I knew for sure it was over, at least for this year. On October 30th, I bought a Pennsylvania archery...
benjaminburgholzer
Oct 27, 201910 min
You Just Never Know
This is a story that almost didn’t happen. A few days ago, while hunting with my brother and my dad at our family cabin, I shot the first...
benjaminburgholzer
Oct 13, 20196 min
Beauty and Goonery Hunting Public in NY (Conservation Series Pt. 1)
I didn’t write much last week because I was out doing what I love, hanging from a tree, playing the chess match that is hunting for...
benjaminburgholzer
Sep 29, 20195 min
Right in the Mouth: Lake Ontario Salmon as a Model for Wildlife and Economic Recovery
I tried to retire from the Salmon River this year. I had turned down a few trips to go up there and told people I thought I have had my...
benjaminburgholzer
Sep 17, 20198 min
Fish and Let Fish: The State of Modern Fly Fishing
Anyone who knows me well knows I’ve been fishing a lot less lately. I went out less than ten times this whole season. People have asked...
benjaminburgholzer
Sep 17, 20194 min
Eat More Local Produce
I grew up in Northern New Jersey, which is much more rural than people who haven’t been there would imagine it to be. As kids, we grew up...
benjaminburgholzer
Jul 12, 20195 min
Thoughts While Eating Bear
Last fall, my brother shot a bear. A big bear. Near the border of North Jersey and New York. I wasn’t sure how I felt about it initially....
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