Inside the Map
Living with Wilderness and other bits of natural history
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!
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!
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...Little House in the Forest
Two weeks ago I had the immense pleasure of staying at a friend’s hunting camp for a few days. It felt like home away from home — I could have stayed all winter. Read the full...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. ...