Our region鈥檚 outdoors got an international spotlight last week when some fortunate whitewater rafters plunged over the Ohiopyle falls on the Youghiogheny River. They were indeed fortunate to be rescued, but they鈥檇 also done one thing right. They鈥檇 worn lifejackets, known in boating ...
For an Allegheny uplander, central Arkansas requires an adjustment. Here at home, the woods are always above you 鈥� on the ridges and hills, and farmers till the valleys. But think the reverse on the Arkansas prairies. There, forest grows down low, in stream channels and floodplains too wet to ...
Recent descents of Summit Mountain on Rte. 40 have offered too-close-for-comfort views of two fearless but fortunate deer. At the curve just above the runaway-truck ramp, a white-tailed doe and her single fawn have been grazing along the westbound shoulder, oblivious to motorists鈥� careening, ...
The most familiar type of fish tale must be 鈥渢he one that got away.鈥� Hopefully, readers are open to hearing one more saga about a catch-gone-wrong.Last Friday, friends and I were fishing a beautiful stream in the local mountains, mostly a social event but everyone cast a few lines, ...
<strong>F</strong>ishing is often considered a solitary pursuit, but, as the Beatles advised back in 1967, it鈥檚 good to get by with a little help from your friends. Through a lot of help and among a lot of friends鈥攏ew and old鈥攁 lot of fishing happened this ...
What would spring be without birds? Their variety, colors and songs are inseparable from the season. And because our region鈥檚 land-use is diverse, with mountain forest, lowland woodlots, rivers, suburbs, city, and farms, we get to experience more than our share of bird species鈥攚hen we pay ...
