Guide John Bates explores a remaining old growth forest, the Van Vliet Hemlocks. Forest guide John Bates leads educational walks through Van Vliet Hemlocks State Natural Area, one of Wisconsin's rare ...

When I walk in the woods, I often try to capture the moment in nature by composing haikus. Those very short poems are an old guy’s way of saying “Wow! Thanks!” and clicking his heels in the air.

It had been a long stretch of cold weather, some of the coldest we’ve experienced in years. I was, by my own admission, getting a little punchy, trapped inside for the third or fourth week in a row.

Dr. Kevin Patrick, author of the 2023 book “Near Woods: A Year in an Allegheny Forest,” will lead a walk June 7 in the White’s Woods Nature Center. The two-hour walk, titled “A History of White’s ...

This week, I took a quiet walk through the woods surrounding my home at Stillwood Pond and felt something I think many of us are longing for — peace, connection and a deep sense of belonging. The ...