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While everyone else is scrambling to get a coveted campsite in state and national parks across the country this summer, there's a whole bunch of public land that's open (and free!) for you to enjoy.

You can't just park wherever you want and call it camping, but you probably know that already. Doing it right takes some careful planning, but it's doable.

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Last summer, camper vans and RVs arrived en masse in the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people were looking ...

A surge in recreational camping around Buena Vista and Salida is wreaking havoc on natural areas and spurring public lands managers to mull the closure of dozens of dispersed campsites. In the county ...

I was disappointed that the Forest Service is considering banning dispersed camping from the Lake Tahoe Basin, with limited exceptions, because of the potential wildfire threat. In years past, the ...

The message is clear: if you camp in a dispersed site in the Sierra Nevada, you have responsibilities. With summer underway, the amount of garbage and smoldering campfires are posing a serious threat ...