Had a great time snowshoeing down old farm roads in the Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge in Exeter, RI. Along with 14 other ramblers and our guide, Laura, did a no-flashlights walk through old farm lands, now reforested, to a large open field. There we were serenaded by two coyote packs (and one far…
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2017 URI New England Cottontail project
notes and pictures from the 2017 New England Cottontail project
One man’s trash … is another man’s trash
Microtrash is always a big problem, and rare is the trip I take without coming home with a cargo-pants pocket full of it. Common offenders are cigarette butts, corners of Clif/Snickers/Nature Valley bars, crumbs of those ubiquitous blue foam pads, and the occasional bandaid. Note, I never pick up toilet paper, so ladies, please try…
Leaving no trace in paradise
Digging through some old hiking photos from Hawaii, I was struck how similar the trail is to New England, despite having probably 1/100 of the traffic. That volcanic soil just can’t take the abuse, similar to the thin layer of soil on top of the mineral soils covering the mountains of the Northeast. Just like…
Walk in the Woods – and bring your flak jacket
It was a beautiful day, so I did some tramping in the uplands behind the property. It’s old farmland, now regrown, and logged for hardwoods about 25 years ago. Great old stone walls, some interesting ruts and leftover trees from the logging operations, and some trails – some manmade, some machinemade, and some game trails….