2023 Ski and Snowshoe on the Yellow Dog Plains
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27th Annual Meeting and Fall Colors Hike
Join us for the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve’s 27th Annual Meeting, to be held at 4pm on Saturday, October 22, at the Thunder Bay Inn in Big Bay, followed by a potluck and music. Admission is free. Prior to the meeting, at 1pm, there will be a fall scenic color hike, destination to be determined. No need to register for the
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World Water Day message 2022
A river is a magical moving flow of life itself. Preserving it should not just be celebrated on one day; it should be every day. Many native people have a saying that “water is life” (“Bimaadiziwin nibi” in Ojibwa), and they know that everything needs water to survive. We need to protect it; we need
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YDWP 2021 Photo Contest
Many of us navigated the months of social distancing and stay at home orders by getting outside and reconnecting with nature. Sometimes, or I should say often, I forget my camera, but on those rare occasions when I don’t, I am looking for that unusual flower, an eagle perched on its prey, or my
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2020 Contest-Winning Essay: Teague Whalen, “My Measuring Rock”
Photo by Teague Whalen On still days, Brown, Diane, and Ward Mountain reflect in Ward Lake as I walk the trail around the shore, where each morning I take the season’s pulse. The spring teams with returning life. A flock of Canadian geese rests on their migration north. A pair of trumpeter swans float in
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