Writing Portfolio
Pam writes for large and small publications, individuals, websites, blogs and more. She’s most at home in the outdoors, and prefers sleeping bags and tents to high thread-count sheets and fancy hotels. And she’s never afraid to try something new.
Featured Writing
Texas Highways Magazine
April 2026

Nature Conservancy: Linking Landscapes
May 2026
Texas Coop Power Magazine: Charted Waters
March 2026

AAA Explorer: Saturday Night Laughs
January 2026
Austin Travels: Intrepid Travel's New 'Active-ism' Trips
December 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Better Beef
November 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Cracking down on crabs
August 2025
Austin Travels: Big Changes are Coming to Big Bend
February 2025

Nature Conservancy: Song of the Prairie
January 2025
Texas Highways: Class Acts
June 2024
Texas Monthly: Forever Wild
April 2024
AARP Magazine: 5 Places to Swim with Marine Life
February 2024
Nature Conservancy: Desert Dweller
May 2023
Texas Coop Power: Ending on a Sour Note
June 2023

Idaho Official Travel Guide: Room to Roam
January 2026

Nature Conservancy: Branching Out
November 2025

Nature Conservancy: Revamping the LA River
July 2025

Nature Conservancy: Super Stars
November 2025

Cowboys and Indians Magazine: The Great American Horse Drive
May 2025
Texas Monthly: Clods and Monsters
May 2025
Conde Nast Traveler: The 15 Best Hikes in the US
February 2025

AAA Explorer: Motor Lodge Makeover
January 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Abalone on the Move
January 2025
Gear Junkie: The Best Swimming Goggles of 2024
August 2024
Texas Monthly: Protecting Iconic Texas
January 2024
Cowboys & Indians: Travel in Style at Cibolo Creek Ranch
December 2023

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Underdogs
May 2026

Nature Conservancy: A River Runs Through It
July 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Black-tailed prairie dogs
August 2025
Austin Travels: Boating through the British Virgin Islands
September 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Comeback Kid
2025
Cowboys & Indians: Ladies First
March 2025

Cowboys & Indians: Cowgirl Confab
April 2025
Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine: Sleeping on the Sand
December 2024
Texas Coop Power Magazine: Counting on Christmas
December 2023
Texas Monthly: Behold the Biggest Beetle in Texas
November 2023
AAA Magazine: Call of the Wild
June 2023
Austin Travels: Beautiful, Bustling Bangkok
August 2023

Nature Conservancy Magazine: California Comeback
May 2026

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Panther Protection
January 2026
Texas Parks and wildlife: Hunting on Wheels
December 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Crustation Innovation
July 2025
Nature Conservancy Magazine: Voting for Nature
August 2025
Texas Coop Power Magazine: Plan for the Wurst
October 2025
Cowboys & Indians: The Packhorse Librarians
February 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Back to Nature
January 2025
Texas Monthly: Three Fall Days in Vail
November 2024
Southern Living: Ten Texas Towns to Visit in the Fall
September 2024

Conde Nast Traveler: The Best Hikes in the US, From Family-Friendly Walks to Multi-Day Journeys
March 2024
AARP: Four Amazing Trips Abroad
October 2023
Texas Coop Power: Sleeping Giants
July 2023

Nature Conservancy: Linking Landscapes
May 2026
Texas Coop Power Magazine: Charted Waters
March 2026

AAA Explorer: Saturday Night Laughs
January 2026
Austin Travels: Intrepid Travel's New 'Active-ism' Trips
December 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Better Beef
November 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Cracking down on crabs
August 2025
Austin Travels: Big Changes are Coming to Big Bend
February 2025

Nature Conservancy: Song of the Prairie
January 2025
Texas Highways: Class Acts
June 2024
Texas Monthly: Forever Wild
April 2024
AARP Magazine: 5 Places to Swim with Marine Life
February 2024
Nature Conservancy: Desert Dweller
May 2023
Texas Coop Power: Ending on a Sour Note
June 2023

Idaho Official Travel Guide: Room to Roam
January 2026

Nature Conservancy: Branching Out
November 2025

Nature Conservancy: Revamping the LA River
July 2025

Nature Conservancy: Super Stars
November 2025

Cowboys and Indians Magazine: The Great American Horse Drive
May 2025
Texas Monthly: Clods and Monsters
May 2025
Conde Nast Traveler: The 15 Best Hikes in the US
February 2025

AAA Explorer: Motor Lodge Makeover
January 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Abalone on the Move
January 2025
Gear Junkie: The Best Swimming Goggles of 2024
August 2024
Texas Monthly: Protecting Iconic Texas
January 2024
Cowboys & Indians: Travel in Style at Cibolo Creek Ranch
December 2023

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Underdogs
May 2026

Nature Conservancy: A River Runs Through It
July 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Black-tailed prairie dogs
August 2025
Austin Travels: Boating through the British Virgin Islands
September 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Comeback Kid
2025
Cowboys & Indians: Ladies First
March 2025

Cowboys & Indians: Cowgirl Confab
April 2025
Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine: Sleeping on the Sand
December 2024
Texas Coop Power Magazine: Counting on Christmas
December 2023
Texas Monthly: Behold the Biggest Beetle in Texas
November 2023
AAA Magazine: Call of the Wild
June 2023
Austin Travels: Beautiful, Bustling Bangkok
August 2023

Nature Conservancy Magazine: California Comeback
May 2026

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Panther Protection
January 2026
Texas Parks and wildlife: Hunting on Wheels
December 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Crustation Innovation
July 2025
Nature Conservancy Magazine: Voting for Nature
August 2025
Texas Coop Power Magazine: Plan for the Wurst
October 2025
Cowboys & Indians: The Packhorse Librarians
February 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Back to Nature
January 2025
Texas Monthly: Three Fall Days in Vail
November 2024
Southern Living: Ten Texas Towns to Visit in the Fall
September 2024

Conde Nast Traveler: The Best Hikes in the US, From Family-Friendly Walks to Multi-Day Journeys
March 2024
AARP: Four Amazing Trips Abroad
October 2023
Texas Coop Power: Sleeping Giants
July 2023
Austin Travels: Big Changes are Coming to Big Bend
February 2025

Nature Conservancy: Song of the Prairie
January 2025
Texas Highways: Class Acts
June 2024
Texas Monthly: Forever Wild
April 2024
AARP Magazine: 5 Places to Swim with Marine Life
February 2024
Nature Conservancy: Desert Dweller
May 2023
Texas Coop Power: Ending on a Sour Note
June 2023
Conde Nast Traveler: The 15 Best Hikes in the US
February 2025

AAA Explorer: Motor Lodge Makeover
January 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Abalone on the Move
January 2025
Gear Junkie: The Best Swimming Goggles of 2024
August 2024
Texas Monthly: Protecting Iconic Texas
January 2024
Cowboys & Indians: Travel in Style at Cibolo Creek Ranch
December 2023

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Comeback Kid
2025
Cowboys & Indians: Ladies First
March 2025

Cowboys & Indians: Cowgirl Confab
April 2025
Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine: Sleeping on the Sand
December 2024
Texas Coop Power Magazine: Counting on Christmas
December 2023
Texas Monthly: Behold the Biggest Beetle in Texas
November 2023
AAA Magazine: Call of the Wild
June 2023
Austin Travels: Beautiful, Bustling Bangkok
August 2023
Cowboys & Indians: The Packhorse Librarians
February 2025

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Back to Nature
January 2025
Texas Monthly: Three Fall Days in Vail
November 2024
Southern Living: Ten Texas Towns to Visit in the Fall
September 2024

Conde Nast Traveler: The Best Hikes in the US, From Family-Friendly Walks to Multi-Day Journeys
March 2024
AARP: Four Amazing Trips Abroad
October 2023
Texas Coop Power: Sleeping Giants
July 2023
Texas Highways: Class Acts
June 2024
Texas Monthly: Forever Wild
April 2024
AARP Magazine: 5 Places to Swim with Marine Life
February 2024
Nature Conservancy: Desert Dweller
May 2023
Texas Coop Power: Ending on a Sour Note
June 2023
Gear Junkie: The Best Swimming Goggles of 2024
August 2024
Texas Monthly: Protecting Iconic Texas
January 2024
Cowboys & Indians: Travel in Style at Cibolo Creek Ranch
December 2023

Cowboys & Indians: Cowgirl Confab
April 2025
Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine: Sleeping on the Sand
December 2024
Texas Coop Power Magazine: Counting on Christmas
December 2023
Texas Monthly: Behold the Biggest Beetle in Texas
November 2023
AAA Magazine: Call of the Wild
June 2023
Austin Travels: Beautiful, Bustling Bangkok
August 2023
Texas Monthly: Three Fall Days in Vail
November 2024
Southern Living: Ten Texas Towns to Visit in the Fall
September 2024

Conde Nast Traveler: The Best Hikes in the US, From Family-Friendly Walks to Multi-Day Journeys
March 2024
AARP: Four Amazing Trips Abroad
October 2023
Texas Coop Power: Sleeping Giants
July 2023
Texas Coop Power: Caught Cuisine
February 2023
Texas Travel Guide: Intro to Campology
April 2023

Texas Highways: Mating season is underway for Attwater prairie chickens. Just don’t call them ‘Boomers’
March 2023
Northwest Travel & Life Magazine: Welcome to Wydaho
January 2023
AARP: Five Life-Changing Vacations
January 2023
Texas Monthly: Six Great Ski Spots for Texans
February 2023
Texas Highways: Shift Your Sightseeing
March 2023
AARP: A rocky path back to friendship
November 2022
Cowboys & Indians: Art Gallery, Baje Whitethorne Sr.
December 2022
AARP’s Guide to Guadalupe Mountains National Park
December 2022
Austin Travels: Catching Waves on the Emerald Isle
October 2022
Austin Travels: Diving into French Polynesia
January 2022
Texas Co-op Power: Just Add Adventure
March 2022
Texas Monthly: The Secrets of Bonfire Shelter
January 2022
Texas Co-op Power: Learning Rocks
September 2021
Texas Monthly: Squirrels Gone Wild!
October 2021
Texas Highways: Water Into Whiskey
September 2021
Texas Highways: What Lurks in the Dark at Texas Parks?
September 2021
Texas Co-op Power: Current Events His Way
September 2021
Texas Highways: When Mermaids Reigned
July 2021
Texas Highways: All Wake, All Day
May 2021
Texas Co-op Power: Every Day is Hump Day
February 2021
Texas Monthly: Cold-Water Paddling is for the Brave
January 2021
Get Me Giddy: Can Cycling Affect Your Sperm Count?
February 2021
Our Rock Art Library
January 2020
Five Remote Retreats in Texas
November 2019
A Ski Sampler
February 2020
13 Things to do in 2020
January 2020
A Series of Grand Adventures ...
June 2019
A Splash of Teal
August 2019
Five Hidden Gem Texas Lakes
July 2019
What's on the Horizon for Big Bend National Park?
September 2019
Easy moves to make you feel great
April 2019
Halloween Howl
October 2018

These 10 Texas Nature Conservancy Preserves Offer Public Access—and Plenty of Awe-Inspiring Sights
April 2018
Are tourists harming whale sharks off the Yucatan coast?
September 2016

Deal With The Devils
November 2017

Five days on the Pecos River
May 2018
An Underwater Adventure
October 2017
Featured Podcasts
Pam was a featured guest on She's Bold with Beth Whitman Episode 072 - Pam LeBlanc - Outdoor Junkie and Journalist in December, 2018.
Pam was featured on the I Could Never Do That Podcast, Episode 12 "Living a Life of Adventure" in November, 2017.
Featured Videos
Highlights
Pam LeBlanc’s work has appeared in local, regional and national publications, and she has won two Barbara Jordan Media Awards for articles about athletes with disabilities. She specializes in writing about adventure, fitness and travel, and the quirky people and activities that make life interesting.
Major Publications
Miles Swum
Miles Backpacked
Life of Adventure
Featured In
Blog Updates
Beverly S. Sheffield Northwest Pool to celebrate renovation, 70th birthday
I took my first swim lessons at Northwest District Pool in 1970, more than a decade after it opened as the first 50-meter Olympic-sized pool in Austin. In the ensuing years, my sisters and I spent long afternoons there, leaving our belongings in wire baskets behind...
Shield Ranch opens to mountain bikers for Wild Ride on Sept. 26
Dream of scampering up and down rolling ranch roads in the Hill Country on a mountain bike? Registration is open for this fall’s Wild Ride at Shield Ranch Barton Creek, set for Sept. 26. The ranch, a 6,600-acre property west of Austin protected through land easements,...
My ‘Urban Trails Austin’ hiking book is available for pre-order!
I first got hooked on hiking as a kid, when my dad led me into the ravine at the end of our street in Northwest Hills. That led to longer hikes along Shoal Creek and the Barton Creek Greenbelt. But even I discovered plenty of new routes while researching my latest...
Beverly S. Sheffield Northwest Pool to celebrate renovation, 70th birthday
I took my first swim lessons at Northwest District Pool in 1970, more than a decade after it opened as the first 50-meter Olympic-sized pool in Austin. In the ensuing years, my sisters and I spent long afternoons there, leaving our belongings in wire baskets behind...
Shield Ranch opens to mountain bikers for Wild Ride on Sept. 26
Dream of scampering up and down rolling ranch roads in the Hill Country on a mountain bike? Registration is open for this fall’s Wild Ride at Shield Ranch Barton Creek, set for Sept. 26. The ranch, a 6,600-acre property west of Austin protected through land easements,...
My ‘Urban Trails Austin’ hiking book is available for pre-order!
I first got hooked on hiking as a kid, when my dad led me into the ravine at the end of our street in Northwest Hills. That led to longer hikes along Shoal Creek and the Barton Creek Greenbelt. But even I discovered plenty of new routes while researching my latest...
The Helinox Zero LT camp chair weighs about the same as a can of beans
Pam LeBlanc sits in a Helinox Zero LT. Chris LeBlanc photo A can of beans. A large bag of potato chips. Four sticks of butter. The newest ultra-light chair from Helinox, the Chair Zero LT, weighs barely an ounce more than each of those things, which means it might...
























































































































































































































































- Dan Sholly, former chief ranger of Yellowstone National Park
- Tanya Streeter, record-setting free diver and environmentalist
- Leo Manzano, Olympic silver medalist in the 1500 meter run
- Debbie Hiott, former executive editor of the Austin American-Statesman and now general manager of KUT and KUTX