Showing posts with label hiking safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hiking safety. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Ticks Down, Mosquitoes Up

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If you’ve managed to get on the trails super early or super late in the day during this heat wave, it’s no news that mosquitoes are VERY act...
Friday, July 3, 2026

Driftless Flooding

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Beaver Creek Valley State Park creek July 2, 2026. The park is currently closed Image - Minnesota State Parks and Trails The northeast Iowa,...
Friday, September 5, 2025

Naturalist's Corner - Why Leaves Change Color

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Clonal aspen stand, CO Returning home from an extended October hiking trip in the Southwest last year, I was struck by the riot of colors th...
Sunday, August 25, 2024

Fall Hiking - Staying Safe

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On a 90F August day, it's a bit hard to wrap my head around the concept of autumn and fall. But the calendar and back-to-school sales al...
Monday, January 8, 2024

Sharing Winter Trails

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Given weather forecasts for the next few days in the Driftless, it looks like we can seriously say winter is almost here. And that reminds m...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Hiking Safety in Fall

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Last Saturday, September 23, waterfowl hunting season opened with a bang just at dawn in nearby wetlands near our Minnesota home. Although h...
Friday, June 16, 2023

Wildfires and Hiking

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It looks like we in the Driftless region (as well as others in the eastern northern tier states) may be in for a long summer of wildfire smo...