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Dorn Creek is really a crummy little property. A couple of forties, a few belonging to the state of Wisconsin, a few to Dane County.
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Dorn Creek is really a crummy little property. A couple of forties, a few belonging to the state of Wisconsin, a few to Dane County.

It’s a transition rain in the dark outside my window. It’s heavy and fragrant. The air is soft. Winter is passed and the world is

John Bates, bard of Manitowish Waters, led our GreenHouse students on a snow-shoe exploration of Raven Trail’s winter stories. After teaching them to speak chickadese

One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds–Aldo Leopold I am lingering in a Sunday

“Ooh” she said, “That one’s my favorite!” She came over and I snapped a cell phone picture of her next to it. One needs to

Now here 15 years, I have a happy association of kid laughter and snow. Following the first snow last week, I did a little window-reconnaissance

The Creighton Truck Trail meanders north on the remote western edge of Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Westward is a nearly trackless expanse of northern hardwoods

The lodge at the Au Sable Institute looks west through a standing choir of pines. Beyond, a shallow wetland pond reflects waning sunlight and Big

“Walk with me?” she asked. “Sure.” I said, happy to give my procrastination an alibi. I shut my lap-top and we drove down to Governor