Outdoor Resources
- Bonfire – where you can buy The Bronze Chapter’s message and logo hoodies, tees ‘n swag
- Kula For A Cause – where you can buy The Bronze Chapter’s “Rewriting My Outdoor Narrative” custom Kula Cloth (the original anti-microbial pee cloth)
- Extensive Camping Checklist – Be Prepared
- Discover Pass – your daily or annual ticket to Washington State Parks
- Washington State Park Discount Passes – info about discount access to Washington State Parks
- Washington State Park Permits – many types of activities at a Washington State Parks and Sno-Parks require a permit. Learn more here
- America The Beautiful pass – your ticket to our National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands
The Tribes of Washington – a map of Washington’s federally-recognized tribes - Cascadia Marine Trail by Washington Water Trails Association
- Northwest Avalanche Center
- Avalanche.org
- Gaia GPS
- CalTopo
- Need a ride? Want to give a ride? Create a carpool
- Tent Pole Technologies (tent pole repair)
- Washington State Conservation District Map and Directory (Washington State Conservation Commission)
- State of Washington Good Samaritan Statutes
- Poisonous Plants of Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation)
- Lightening Safety Outdoors (American Camp Association)
- Living With Wildlife: Snakes (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)
- Insect Shield – mail your clothing for Permethrin treatment
Media – Webinars – Interviews
- Washington Trails Magazine (WTA): Championing Diversity (Spring 2024)
- Children & Nature Network Building nature-based skills and community at the intersection of identity and the outdoors (September 2023)
- Wenatchee World (August 2023) Diversifying the Outdoors | Bronze Chapter holds community campout at Daroga State Park
- Family Time in Nature webinar (June 6 2023) with Denice Rochelle and Heather Kuhlken, Founder/Executive Director of Families in Nature
- Crosscut – Out & Back: How Denice Rochelle encourages outdoor skill-building with Alison Mariella Désir (January 27 2023)
- Crosscut – Out & Back Podcast | Creating BIPOC leaders of outdoor adventuring featuring Denice Rochelle with Alison Mariella Désir (January 26 2023)
- Tough Cutie Blog: Rewriting Our Outdoor Narratives: One Biracial Woman’s Lifelong Journey to Closing the Adventure Gap for People of Color (August 8 2022)
- Seattle Times: ‘I had to prove myself worthy of being there’: Readers share their experiences in the outdoors (March 20 2022)
Community Discounts
- Seattle CPR: adult, child, infant CPR AED certification (5% discount with code cpr5bronze)
- Tough Cutie: Black female owned company making premium socks made in the USA by women for women. (10% discount with code THE_BRONZE_CHAPTER)
- Litter Ridder: a backpack to help you collect litter (15% discount with code TBC15)
Books
- The Adventure Gap by James Mills
- Black Faces, White Spaces by Carolyn Finney
- The Home Place: Memoirs of a Color Man’s Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham
- My Nature Exploration by Vincente S. Harrison
- The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet by Leah Thomas
- Fixing Your Feet by John Vonhof
- Running While Black by Alison Mariella Désir
- Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
- Craig Romano, Outdoors Writer and Guidebook Author
- Native Trees of Western Washington: A Photographic Guide by Kevin Zobrist
Articles and Videos
- Study Shows American’s Deep Appreciation for Nature, Barriers to Connection by The Nature of Americans
- Breaking Down the Lack of Diversity in Outdoor Spaces by the National Health Foundation
- The lack of diversity in outdoor rec is systematic and disconcerting by High Country News
- Racial Complexities of Outdoor Spaces: An Analysis of African American’s Lived Experiences in Outdoor Recreation by Matthew Charles Goodrid
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 by National Park Service
- Every Kid Outdoors by U.S. government
- People of Color and Their Constraints to National Park Visitation by David Scott and KangJae Jerry Lee
- National Park Service (employment demographics)
- Linking the 2010 census to National Park visitors (National Park Service)
- U.S. Ranger on a mission to attract more African Americans to National Parks (Marissa Melton)
- 2018 – Racial and Ethnic Diversity of National Park System Visitors and Non-Visitors (National Park Service)
- America’s national parks face existential crisis over race (Stephanie Ebbs, Devin Dwyer)
- Why Are Our Parks So White? by Glenn Nelson
- Trail Posse website by Glenn Nelson
- https://crosscut.com/opinion/2020/08/toppling-john-muir-sierra-club-not-enough by Glenn Nelson
- https://southseattleemerald.com/2020/06/04/the-joys-and-risks-of-being-a-black-birdwatcher-in-rainier-beach/ by Glenn Nelson
- https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/dirt/2019/03/20/birding-where-are-black-birders by Glenn Nelson
- 2022 Outdoor Participation Trends Report OutdoorIndustry.org
- Discussion and Demonstration about the Difference Between Equity and Inclusion with Humaira Falkenberg
- Segregated Summer Camps by Allie Spensley