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On Sept. 17 the downtown area of Stevens Point experienced a new way to appreciate the outdoors with the event called Main Street Parks. Instead of using the street space of parking stalls to park a car, Adventure Tours of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point instead built scenes unlike any other with the paved space. Adventure Tours has been an ... Read More »

Pokémon Go was released in July of this year and millions of people are itching to catch ‘em all, but what are the impacts of such a popular app bringing people outside? Parks are now popular destinations for Pokémon hunters. Even at National Park Service sites, there have been large influxes of Pokémon trainers. Players are going outside, even if ... Read More »

This year, the National Park Service is celebrating 100 years of service. The United States’ National Parks are a source of pride for the Nation. We are a younger country, and while we don’t have ancient castles or churches to tour, our pride lies within the land. Our wild areas are like nothing found in Europe. The first National Park, ... Read More »