Passages Magazine | Autumn 2023

September 14, 2023

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Participants and mentors of the Hunt for Purpose on the Divide program in the field. Photo Credit: Mike MacLeod - Studio MacLeod_Bozeman_MT

Feature article:

Finding Purpose on the Divide

How archery hunting and the outdoors provide healing for post-9/11 combat veterans

It’s four o’clock in the morning, and it’s time to go. Hours before sunrise, it’s still dark. There’s a steep uphill climb to find a high point where the hikers can “glass,” scanning the open hillsides through binoculars. Depending on where the day goes, it might be dark again before returning to camp…

This is just part of what Bethany West and Katie Megahee will experience this fall for the culmination of Hunt for Purpose, a Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation (WQW) program. The two veterans are part of an intensive program that teaches the tools and skills needed for successful archery hunting, providing tools to thrive in post-combat military life. Keep Reading

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Behind the Trails | The Gila Backcountry Horsemen of New Mexico

By Audra Labert

It’s easy to take a well-maintained trail for granted. Learn more about the partners that help maintain the trails on public lands. Read

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Share of the Wild

By Sharon Buccino

How one CDTC Board Member gains understanding through participating in hunter education in Wyoming. Read

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Trail Town Feature: Pinedale, Wyoming

New to Passages: Learn more about the Trail Towns you know and love. Read

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CDTC Trail BINGO!

Adventure on the CDT awaits! Use the CDT bingo card to create fun for all ages.

By Claire Cutler, CDTC Community Engagement Coordinator

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What is the CDT community reading and listening to? Find out in the Media Roundup!

Podcast The Lightest Tread Hiking in context 1

This podcast features CDTC Board Member, long-distance hiker, and ‘recovering academic’ Amiththan “Swami Bittergoat” Sebarajah to gain his perspective on thru-hiking and discuss how he frames that perspective against the complex and nuanced backdrop of his life experience as a first-generation immigrant and a person of color.

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