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Free Range Children

September 6, 2018

For the past forty or so years, researchers who study the outdoor play and learning of children have noted the... Read More →

September 3, 2018

If you tuned in last post, you saw I was besotted with a Camouflaged Looper, the larva of a Wavy-lined... Read More →

August 30, 2018

For centuries, in the Western world, swamps have had a negative reputation, and this still carries over in our language... Read More →

August 27, 2018

Bur Oak Land Trust continues to actively maintain and steward the land we protect, but there is more and more... Read More →

August 23, 2018

Back in the 1970s, I started taking my kids canoeing in the Boundary Waters Wilderness of northern Minnesota. Driving north... Read More →

August 20, 2018

A trickle of sweat runs down my brow and drips onto my safety glasses. At 5:30 a.m., it’s already hot... Read More →

August 16, 2018

You might recall that I offered an article in the January 2016 issue of Heritage, Bur Oak Land Trust’s environmental... Read More →

August 13, 2018

I recently mentioned that every time I go out on the Sycamore Greenway I discover a new favorite bug. After... Read More →

August 9, 2018

Occasionally, when out walking through a prairie or a weedy lot, you will find a patch of plants that look... Read More →

August 6, 2018

The rain is spitting harder now, and I can feel the damp cold penetrating openings in my rain gear. This... Read More →