A piece of the good life
The Driftless Area pie tour may not change your life, but it could change your waistline. Join Pilot and Co-pilot on an epic hunt for homemade pie.
View ArticleTenkara!
Japanese fly fishing offers a radical simplicity, in contrast to equipment-focused Western fly fishing. Madison’s Matt Sment is an ambassador for the sport.
View ArticleParfrey’s Glen was the first State Natural Area, and in any survey of nearby...
Wisconsin’s natural diversity was not lost on many of the early conservationists. One, Norman Fassett, was instrumental in starting the first State Natural Area at Parfrey’s Glen, near Devil’s Lake.
View ArticleSolo on a sandbar in December
There are no bad conditions, just the wrong attitude. You can do this. You can camp in the winter out of a canoe.Two weeks before winter solstice.
View ArticleA stretch of my river
“The longer I can stretch out a day, the better, so I often stop to poke around a sandbar looking at animal tracks and fragments of shells from newly hatched turtles. Sometimes I stop for no reason at...
View Article52 decibels
“It’s a simple fact that humans create noise, both naturally and via technology. As I write this I’m listening to a Bach violin concerto (52 decibels). It’s a pleasant noise, but noise nonetheless.”
View ArticleWandering here, then there
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has little to do with the 8,600-acre Kickapoo Valley Reserve nature preserve. Instead, the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board, mostly local residents, runs...
View ArticleInfrequent fliers
Wisconsin is well-known for its passionate odonatists, both professional and amateur. There are thousands of sightings of hundreds of species in Wisconsin, including the 75 species known in Dane County.
View ArticleUnder the speed limit
On an interstate we go faster, but at a price. I think it’s a high one. Slow down and soak in Wisconsin’s Rustic Roads.
View ArticleFerdy Goode carries on the tradition of birchbark canoes
A naturally curious young man, Ferdy Goode gravitated toward bushcraft, the ability to live outdoors. Drop Ferdy into a boreal forest with an ax, knife, and some cord and he’ll figure it out.
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