Every year, POW staff, athletes and partners head to the Hill (Washington D.C.’s Hill that is) to talk with our elected officials about the outdoors, climate change and how they can help represent the 50 million members of the Outdoor State. This year because of the...
Somewhere in the middle of Season 5 of the Office, Oscar pops into Michael’s office to explain a budget surplus. Michael asks Oscar to explain it to him, “like I am an eight-year-old.” When the response is delivered with the terms ‘fiscal year’ and ‘x-axis,’ Michael...
Way back in early April (yes, it’s okay if that feels like a lifetime ago) the federal government passed a little bill called the CARES Act, which, among other things, served as a relief package for Americans as restaurants, shops, gyms and basically any place other...
Rebuild with Clean Energy This week we launched the ‘Rebuild with Clean Energy’ campaign. The economic impacts of COVID-19 have broken many long-standing practices down, but we have the opportunity to rebuild our country with clean power to lessen the impacts of...
In the mountains, unexpected storms can force us to bivouac, to temporarily shelter in place until the storm has passed. COVID-19 has forced the entire world into an allegorical bivouac. Like all storms, this one too will pass. But the decisions our elected leaders...
By Mike King Growing up I didn’t necessarily think about my impact. Not that I was ignorant, but I just didn’t know much. I remember the first day I learned about “global warming.” My brother Frank and I were swimming at Torch Lake, just down the road from our house....
