The Confluence When I started this quest and this blog, I wanted to add more places to my set of outdoor achievements (you can read my first blog post here). I look at my shelves and certain books I keep as touchstones to learnings and life moments. How too to keep the experience of a day in … Continue reading Great River, Great Lakes
Tag: rivers and watersheds
Saving A River: Paddling the Shiawassee
How do you preserve a river? Land trusts and environmental groups like The Nature Conservancy have a long and successful history of acquiring special places and protecting them through ownership, conservation easements, or real estate partnerships with public entities. This approach works well for land, but you cannot purchase a river. How then can we … Continue reading Saving A River: Paddling the Shiawassee
Wildflower Walk at Nan Weston Preserve
One of the joys of living in the Great Lakes region is a springtime walk in the woods. After a cold winter and a wet spring, sunshine calls us out to explore and reconnect with the living world, and nothing celebrates rebirth more than colorful wildflowers poking through brown leaves and the sound of spring … Continue reading Wildflower Walk at Nan Weston Preserve