Trails in the Keweenaw have made a lot of headway towards summer conditions with an early departure of winter. Although trails are typically well-drained in the area, the spring always presents some drainage challenges. Dirt singletrack trails are especially affected by these changing ...
“I grew up wild and free, walking these fields in my bare feet. There wasn’t no place I couldn’t go with a .22-rifle and a fishing pole,” Bob McDill I stood alongside the banks of a small creek, soaking the sunshine in as far as I could, simultaneously drinking up and holding big gulps of fresh, clean air that still snapped with a zest of northern, wintry chill. The creek was flowing fast and clear, with a bottom covered in cobbles and rocks certainly water worn, with their sharp edges long-since smoothed and rounded. When I knew this place best, I was in middle ...
Social media posts regarding the emergence of ticks in the Copper Country began appearing in February, which means the season for them will undoubtedly be longer this year. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District office, in St. Paul, Minnesota, reported on April 4 that the unusually warm ...
There’s a field I know that I often drive past on my way to quiet and contemplative places in the surrounding woodlands. I always look, but there’s rarely anything to see here but what was once a hopeful landscape, from a time that has long since passed away. There’s no fence around ...
Thinking about all the world’s natural problems can be overwhelming. In a world of eight billion people and a whole bunch of environmental issues such as dwindling wild spaces and biodiversity, what can one person really do? You can transform your yard into quality habitat to support local ...
“Losin’ wouldn’t be so bad at all but I’m always on a mountain when I fall.” – Merle Haggard From down here, I can see a ridgeline high above me. It sits across a river valley and then almost straight up about five hundred feet through steep and aggressive terrain. The ...
