This winter, L.L. Bean wants to help you get outfitted for all that's out there,

with tips and advice for heading outdoors and exploring all the possibilities of the season.

The best way to make your time outside comfortable in winter is to learn how to layer properly.

That's as easy as one, two, three.

First, pick a base layer that keeps your skin dry and wicks moisture.

Second, add an insulating middle layer that keeps heat in.

Third, cover it all with a water and wind-resistant outer layer that keeps the

winter weather out. For more fun ideas, easy howtus, and inspiring stories,

visit L.L.Bin.com slash guide. The Oh, The Along the Anacostia River, thousands of years ago, a vibrant Native American community thrived, relying on the natural resources of the land and the water that bisected it.

Lush foliage, cattails, fish, and wild game made the region self-sustaining for the Nacotch Tank people.

They understood the importance of balance between using and protecting the resources of these

wetlands, which fell into a devastating period of overuse with the arrival of European settlers.

Increased population led to resource depletion. A certain carelessness about the environment

was rampant throughout the young country, particularly in the Anacostia watershed.

The notion of land of plenty washed away in a matter of decades.

Plenty of fish, plenty of trees,

plenty of edible indigenous plants disappeared with the tide.

Forests were cleared to build farms.

The river was overfished, erasing the sturgeon that had populated it for millennia.

Further deforestation followed the Industrial Revolution as timber was needed to build homes and provide fuel.

Once the watersheds forest was gone, erosion washed the soil away into the river, which became

uninhabitable for the fish that had sustained people for many centuries. It seemed that the wetlands were

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