My Minnesota

Despite Friday's scattered rain , we remain in severe drought . That may have started to trigger stress related color change in local tr...

It’s actually starting to seem like Spring here in the North Country. Once again the snow has melted and, come midweek next, overnight low t...

Some minutes ago, today’s raindrops turned into snowflakes. They are among the last of the season, since Monday is Spring Equinox, but proba...

We are now less than a week from Spring Equinox. The barred owl is again on its perch in the oak tree next to the deck. The sun is shining a...

Expectations are that, at some time this weekend, this winter's season snowfall will be sufficient to place us in the top ten snowiest w...

There's an old saying among duck hunters that goes: Fust it rained, and then it blew, then it frizz, and then it snew! That pretty...

Earlier this week the Better Half joined us at a fundraiser -- Local Streams: Art Benefit & Live Music for WaterLegacy , in the Black Do...

Recent weather, plus that forecast for the near term, has been unseasonably warm around here. We foresee one of two options playing out. Eit...

The squash and gourds that served as Thanksgiving table decorations are now scattered under the pear tree. Better the whitetails should munc...

There are many downsides to the climate disruption we humans have created: wildfires more intensive and extensive; species extinctions; ocea...

The marshes, open water, and even much of what passes for a river channel in Pool 1 of the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area, have begun...

Before we forget, since it's clouded in again and is starting to snow a little, today we were/are grateful we got to see the sun.  We...

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Sir Winston Churchill Forty-six years ago today the Clean Water Act Amend...

without life, Earth would look much life its moon [ Earthrise image credit NASA] One of our long-standing complaints about main stream...