This podcast excerpt features an interview with ecologist Martha Brabec of Boise Parks and Recreation regarding the impact of goatheads, an invasive and noxious weed common in the American West. These plants are notorious for producing sharp, puncture-prone seeds that frequently damage bicycle tires and reduce local biodiversity. Brabec […]
Do you ever see some bright green, shrubby looking creature on a gravel ride? This organism is likely Letharia Vulpina (and no it does not have magic or poisonous powers like a spell) which is also knows as Wolf Lichen. Bryologist, mycologist, and lichenologist Tim Wheeler works to dedicate his life studies towards nonvascular plants and […]
Scientists are documenting significant changes in the amount of snow that falls in the Greater Yellowstone area as well as the intensity and timing of spring runoff. These trends could affect everything you see when you come to Yellowstone Park […]
From ride guides to rural economies — your answers shape what we do next.
Do our guides match reality? Do you trust what we publish? And when you drive to ride, how much does that trip put into the small towns along the way? Your answers help us improve — and help us prove gravel cycling’s real value to rural communities.
Ten minutes, confidential if you’d like, and it sets our direction for 2027.
