Stories of the Saranac

Stories of the Saranac

This Friday I am working with a great group of educators on a program called Stories of the Saranac River.  The day is sponsored by the Lake Champlain Basin Program.  I am focusing on how the river looks from the perspective of the wildlife.  Good place for a home or just passing through? What makes rivers good corridors?  Or bad ones?...
A busy summer!

A busy summer!

Summer 2015 I spent designing and leading adventure camps for the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Burlington and Vergennes, but most of all on the water.  Groups from age 4-15 snorkeled, bicycled and paddled all summer, discovering wetland wildflowers, fish nests, bird flight patterns and huge native mussels. The kids become part of the world of wild...
Nordic skates!

Nordic skates!

A friend has turned me on to great Nordic skates that I can use with my three-pin boots.  This means the end of cold hands wrestling stiff skates.  Ice is shaping up nicely in the area for wild skating.  Read my column about a practice run on Mirror...
Buddhists or botanists?

Buddhists or botanists?

In early November a group of botanists took to the woods, surveying Kinglet Hill in Essex for uncommon plants.  The orange color reminded me of Buddists sitting in a circle. We found some nice spleenwort among other treasures.  ...