Wildflowers are most often associated with spring. That may be because delicate spring blooms of trillium, bloodroot and trout lily are so welcome on the heels of winter鈥檚 bleakness. But right now, at mid-summer, a mostly unnoticed profusion of showy black-eyed Susan, ox-eye daisy, goldenrod, ...
At least two readers I know will register complaints after reading this. They鈥檝e warned me to warn them before any snake photos appear in this column. I respect their ophidiophobia but sometimes ideas for column content don鈥檛 come until late in the cycle, so there鈥檚 no time for customized ...
We鈥檝e not quite reached the Fourth of July, so something about the timing seems amiss, but it鈥檚 time to think about purchasing hunting licenses. Then again, the days are getting shorter now (My wife hates when I say that).Still, there鈥檚 no real urgency about buying a license unless you ...
As far back as third grade at Mount Braddock School, when we learned about our state tree, flower, and bird, these symbols carried meaning.They stand for larger intangibles, and the peoples鈥� common recognition of the value of wild native things. More recently, because I鈥檇 just learned of ...
Fishing can be intimidating, and that鈥檚 unfortunate. The specialized selection of flies to match seasonally-timed insects, the complex sonar devices deployed from boats, and the daunting array of all kinds of modern equipment can sometimes make fishing seem too difficult to try.I know ...
The beckoning Laurel Highlands will host thousands of visitors over the Memorial Day weekend. They鈥檒l drive into the cooling heights for all kinds of reasons, most of which, in one way or another, will connect them with nature and the outdoors. Those who venture to Ohiopyle on Saturday, May ...
