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Off the Main Roads: Find (safe) winter wanderings …

As we finally can enjoy the snow, which we so rightly deserve, it’s a good time to remember a few practical tips to keep...

Off the Main Roads: Guided by nature …

Finding your way in the woods without a map or compass can be a daunting task. Yet our ancestors traveled their wild world —...

Off the Main Roads: Winter senses meditation …

It’s so easy to let the winter season bottle you up in your house in an odd mix of hibernation mode and cabin fever....

Off the Main Roads: A wall of green …

If you’re similar to most of the Hill populace, many of your trips into nature are characterized by toiling up a dusty path through...

Off the Main Roads: Rewilding 101 …

In our every day lives of texting, Twitter, Instagram and Angry Birds, we often don’t take the time to peel our eyes away from...

Off the main roads: Leading a group hike …

You’ve been asked to lead a large group of your friends out into the wilderness. Holy responsibility, Batman. What do you do? Don’t panic....

Forest Service volunteers enlist Boy Scout trail crew

As part of continuing efforts to maintain local trails, the U.S. Forest Service and its partner, the Forest Service Volunteer Association, have enlisted some young but enthusiastic volunteers.

Off the Main Roads: What’s eating you? …

Every day spent hiking out in our forest brings more mysteries to be answered. This week let’s explore some partially “parasitic” partnerships that have...

Off the main roads: Pine pop quiz …

Have you ever asked yourself … Why do pines have both big and teeny, tiny cones?  The answer lies in the basic biology of pine...

Off the main roads: Have you ever wondered? …

Hiking around these mountains you may see all sorts of things in nature that just seem designed to boggle the mind. 1. Why is your...
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