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Here are four ways your cell phone can help you on your next camping trip. Plus some cool apps

Environment

You know you won’t be able to resist bringing your smartphone along on your next outdoor expedition. So why not make it useful?You know you won’t be able to resist bringing your smartphone along on your next outdoor expedition. So why not make it useful?

Experiments With a Tech-Free Summer Camp

Former airport turned campground a hit in the Big Apple

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Your Stories of Near Death Experiences

Is it Human Nature to Predict the End of the World?

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Yellowstone’s Bear-Herding Dogs

Despite Yellowstone Park’s best efforts to keep campers’ food from tempting bears, some visitors leave their food out and encourage bears to mingle with humans. Robin White reports on a new program with specially trained dogs from Finland that seeks to set boundaries for tourist territories to become bear-free zones.

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Comfy Camping

Experiencing nature with all the comforts of home.

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Comfy Camping

Americans are so pinched for time and so stressed, camping is suddenly too much work. Maybe we’re just getting lazier. Robin White reports on the blurring line between camping and the spa vacation.

Wired Camping

You’ve heard of Internet cafes, but what about Internet campgrounds? Officials at Colorado State Parks recently announced that, along with scenic vistas and hiking trails, state campsites will offer Internet access. Host Pippin Ross talks with Lyle Laverty, director of Colorado State Parks.

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Crisis in eastern Congo

Conflict & Justice

Host Lisa Mullins gets an update on the humanitarian situation in Congo from Erna Vangoor, who is in the eastern Congolese city of Goma for the humanitarian group Doctors without Borders.