This spring, L.L. Bean wants to help you feel great out there, with gear, tips, and advice

for heading outdoors and exploring all the possibilities of the season.

Spring is the start of bug season, so here's a tip to deter ticks.

Wear light-colored long sleeves and long pants.

Pull the cuffs in your sleeves tight and tuck your pants into your boots.

Tightening those cuffs will help keep bugs out of your clothes

and the light colors will help you spot any insects or easily

if they get on you.

For more fun ideas, easy howtus, and inspiring stories,

visit L.L.Bine.com slash guide.

A new bill introduced in the United States Senate promises to expand outdoor

recreation opportunities across national parks and public lands all through with the United States of America, and today we're going to go through all the details.

I'm Jason Epperson, and this is the America's National Parks Podcast.

I'm coming to you from the shores of the San Francisco Bay on

public lands to talk to you about public lands today and this new bill. There have

been lots of pieces of legislation passed in the last few years supporting

outdoor recreation in National Parks in

particular, and improving the maintenance backlog and providing lots of money

for public lands to help fix all the issues that may exist on them, but most of those bills did little to adjust

policy on public lands. And this new bill that has been introduced by Senators Joe Manchin

and John Barasso promises to do just that.

It is billed as a bipartisan bill.

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