The devil is in the details – again
The U.S. Forest Service will be holding a public meeting at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville at 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on April 4 to explain its brand new proposed draft Planning Rule. This is not a meeting for public...
Ridin’ the tide
On a recent trip to Isle of Palms (IOP), South Carolina, we had access to a sea kayak and decided to take advantage. There’s a pretty dramatic tide at IOP with currents to match so you have to plan your trip accordingly. We weren’t heading anywhere in particular so we...
Only Catamounts left in WNC are at WCU
Last week the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service tried to put the last nail in the coffin of the eastern cougar by declaring it extinct. The cougar (catamount, panther, puma, painter, mountain lion) will surely not go quietly. This legendary gris-gris of boreal forests,...
Life of Riley in Louisiana
Different people have different ideas of camping. Some people like to carry their camp on their back as they hike for untold miles, eating freeze-dried beans and drinking purified water from the streams. Some people’s idea of the camp is where you go to mix cocktails...
Stalked by not so wild elk
An old friend from Mer Rouge, La., George Bowe, was passing through a couple of weeks ago so we decided to take a ride down to Cataloochee and see if the elk were out. We got down to the valley around 3 p.m. and before we got to the Palmer Chapel we spotted elk,...
Time to shift gears
Environmentalism across the U.S. and around the world was spawned from the sludge of greed, industrialization and indifference. Some of the earliest environmental writings in the world date back at least to the 10th century and the Arab Agricultural Revolution. Arab...
Don Hendershot
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