Adventures Found

Leaning against a maple tree, I felt I was camouflaged well. As a seventeen year-old, my mind was going through several scenarios of which way the trophy buck would likely appear from and I must be ready to take him when he showed. I waited. Checking my wristwatch, I w...

It’s been 31 years since Dad and I shared an earthly conversation. Oh sure, I talk with him every day, but those talks seem to be one-sided mostly. Each official Father’s Day in June, I’ve been blessed with hugs and honors from my own two kids, whom I adore. For those...

Swamps of the southern United States are populated with cypress trees sporting “knees”, lumps of wood growing from the trees’ roots and protruding above the water. Those cypress knees are favored by woodworkers for unique furniture projects and the knees are also favor...

Ohio’s natural resources seem to be in good hands as Mary Mertz (center photo), the new Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, gets busy. I sat in on a press conference with Mertz and the a few members of her staff, including Glen Cobb, Chief of the Divi...

The wily coyote has been in the news more recently, primarily because of growing numbers of videos and photos of a coyote with a pet cat or dog in its mouth. It happens. Now I respect all aspects of the natural world and the order of things in the wild, but I also like...