In 2005, Michigan's Upper Peninsula (the UP) began a new relationship with the natural resources that so define it as a place. Recently, I revisited the site that memorializes that moment, returned to a Lake Superior beach that shaped my relationship to the Great Lakes several decades ago, and thought a lot about the future … Continue reading The UP: Use It, Don’t Lose It
Tag: places and systems
Finding, and Saving, the Places that Matter
When someone says the word "environment" in some policy or scientific context, do you think about a place? I often recall some special spot: a campsite once shared with friends, the river of my youth, a National Park, that trail I often return to for re-creation, a beach, or the patch of wildflowers in the … Continue reading Finding, and Saving, the Places that Matter
Walks with Tom 