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How Far From Water You Really Need To Poop

How Far From Water You Really Need To Poop

Wondering how far from water to poop? Learn the 200-foot rule, when to pack it out, and best practices to protect water safety, reduce pathogen spread, and prevent backcountry contamination.

How Far From Water You Really Need To Poop

Wondering how far from water to poop? Learn the 200-foot rule, when to pack it out, and best practices to protect water safety, reduce pathogen spread, and prevent backcountry contamination.

The Complete Guide to Backpacking Wipes That Actually Break Down

The Complete Guide to Backpacking Wipes That Ac...

PACT Bathroom & Body Wipes offer a better way: compact, plant-based wipes that minimize additives, reduce waste, and make it easier to pack everything out — while still giving you...

The Complete Guide to Backpacking Wipes That Ac...

PACT Bathroom & Body Wipes offer a better way: compact, plant-based wipes that minimize additives, reduce waste, and make it easier to pack everything out — while still giving you...

Why Burying Poop Doesn’t Always Work and What Hikers Should Actually Do

Why Burying Poop Doesn’t Always Work and What H...

Most hikers are taught to dig a cathole, bury their waste, and move on. But burying poop does not always work. Decomposition depends on soil biology, moisture, temperature, and how...

Why Burying Poop Doesn’t Always Work and What H...

Most hikers are taught to dig a cathole, bury their waste, and move on. But burying poop does not always work. Decomposition depends on soil biology, moisture, temperature, and how...

Other Applications For Stropharia and Mycoremediation

Other Applications For Stropharia and Mycoremed...

Introduction Bioremediation is an emerging field that involves using biologically-based treatments to restore soils and waterways damaged by contaminants. According to Bioremediation for Environmental Sustainability, a recently published textbook on...

Other Applications For Stropharia and Mycoremed...

Introduction Bioremediation is an emerging field that involves using biologically-based treatments to restore soils and waterways damaged by contaminants. According to Bioremediation for Environmental Sustainability, a recently published textbook on...

Stropharia Kills Pathogens In Poop

Stropharia Kills Pathogens In Poop

The Backcountry Poop Problem The microbes in the soil that help to decompose poop in the backcountry are often unable to keep up with buried or surface level human waste...

Stropharia Kills Pathogens In Poop

The Backcountry Poop Problem The microbes in the soil that help to decompose poop in the backcountry are often unable to keep up with buried or surface level human waste...

Can Stropharia Become Invasive?

Can Stropharia Become Invasive?

Invasive Versus Non-Native Species All invasive species are non-native, but not all non-native species become invasive. “Non-native” species refer to organisms that have been introduced to an ecosystem where they...

Can Stropharia Become Invasive?

Invasive Versus Non-Native Species All invasive species are non-native, but not all non-native species become invasive. “Non-native” species refer to organisms that have been introduced to an ecosystem where they...