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Finding Aldo Leopold’s Roots

Posted June 15, 202400:19:58

I am always intrigued by the question of whether a conservationist’s love of nature came from the environment they grew up in, the influence of parents...

Steele’s Legacies

Posted June 8, 2024

In 2024, he is practically unknown — a man who considered himself an abject failure toiling in the shadows of America’s greatest triumph of its...

No Water — In the worst possible place

Posted June 1, 2024

In 1983, I set out with a few friends to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. It’s hard to believe now, but it was a time when fewer than 15 people completed...

Ernest Oberholtzer’s True North – Chapter 3

Posted May 25, 2024

In 1912, a young man in his early 20’s named Ernest Oberholtzer and his friend Billy McGee, who was in his 50’s, set off on a 2,000-mile trip through...

Tales from the Cabin, Chapter 2 — The Porcupine

Posted May 18, 202400:20:06

When my hiking buddy and I set out for a four-day hiking adventure on the Appalachian Trail in Vermont, we discovered that mother nature had much more...