Alabama is home to an incredible range of state parks that have something to offer adventurers year-round. Our Alabama State Parks Passport series highlights all of the stunning outdoor spaces […]

Alabama is home to an incredible range of state parks that have something to offer adventurers year-round. Our Alabama State Parks Passport series highlights all of the stunning outdoor spaces […]

Senator Andrew Jones (R-Centre) grew up minutes away from Alabama’s Chief Ladiga Trail, a winding paved trail that is steeped in history. The pathway is a celebration of the state’s […]

Nominated by Jackie Bushman of Buckmasters, Alyssa & Cody Hall were honored at our 2024 Soul of the South Awards as our Sports & Outdoors category winners. Biography Cody Hall […]

Many Alabamians immediately think of springtime as the optimum gardening season—and yet, cooler weather gardening holds many untapped possibilities for home gardeners. Many may consider fall and winter as seasons […]

A breezy October afternoon welcomed Marilyn Vetter, a Midwesterner with a lifelong love for the outdoors, to Alabama. In state for the Wetumpka Wildlife Arts Festival hosted annually on the banks of […]

Richard Martin sits on his porch with a mug of hot tea, the smell of fresh cut hay in the air, looking out to the trail that shares his name. […]

Alabama is home to an incredible range of state parks that have something to offer adventurers year-round. Our Alabama State Parks Passport series highlights all of the stunning outdoor spaces […]

For Alabama locals and sportsmen throughout the Southeast, quail hunting is considered a favorite pastime; however, with experiences often characterized by luxury accommodations and outfitting, the sport can seem unattainable […]

The renovated Gulf State Park Pier re-opened on Monday, Aug. 19, welcoming people to the iconic Gulf Coast landmark for the first time in more than nine months. The pier […]

Alabama is home to an incredible range of state parks that have something to offer adventurers year-round. Our Alabama State Parks Passport series highlights all of the stunning outdoor spaces […]

I am a “destination” not a “journey” person. I’m usually moving pretty fast, bouncing from one task to another, from one place to the next. When traveling around for article […]

Adventure is a way of life in DeKalb County, Alabama. Everyone knows it’s a place where you keep your feet on the ground while your hands get to work. Whether […]

Alabama has some of the most diverse fresh water in the United States. But dams have blocked the migrations of some fish on the state’s iconic Alabama River for decades. […]

Alabama is home to an incredible range of state parks that have something to offer adventurers year-round. Our Alabama State Parks Passport series highlights all of the stunning outdoor spaces […]

Sweet Trails Alabama is a collaborative initiative to create Alabama’s first statewide trail plan through efforts on state, regional, and local levels. The Public Draft of the Sweet Trails Alabama […]

When about 100 first graders from Brooks Elementary School in Lauderdale County excitedly stepped off three yellow school buses for an educational program at Joe Wheeler State Park in early […]

Visitors to Oak Mountain State Park’s campground will now enter on freshly paved asphalt and check in at a new, state-of-the-art camp store. That’s just the beginning of the new […]

Alabama’s Black Belt has all the ingredients to become a premier ecotourism destination, according to a report produced by a renowned ecotourism expert who conducted a detailed assessment of tourism development potential in the […]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama’s The Caring Foundation seeks to give back to communities by supporting initiatives to improve the health and wellness of Alabamians. One such organization […]

Redeye Bass are the trout of the Deep South. These native members of the black bass genus occupy the same niche in Alabama’s warm-water rivers as the native Brook Trout […]