Gathering around the holiday table might include turkey as part of your shared meal with family and friends. Whether it’s grocery-bought or hunted from the land, Wild Turkeys are much more than a delicious centerpiece at the dinner table. Wild Turkeys are known for their large stocky ...

November is a time of transition. The beginning of the month is hanging on to the last vestiges of an idyllic autumn, but at the same time, winter is making itself known in occurrences both small and large. It can be freezing, gray, and snowing one day, and then a beautiful, sunny morning ...

The seasons are changing from fall to winter, and one of the major changes to the environment is that the deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Evergreen trees may still have green needles, but all the maples, oaks, and more are now bare. Although the world may be quiet, the trees are not ...

Once our fall foliage is past peak, there is a sense of inevitability. Winter will soon be here. The rainbow of leaves that blanketed the canopy now lay on the forest floor. But there is still one more show among nearly bare branches of the deciduous woods in late fall. For that is when Witch ...

With Halloween just passed, many households leave their pumpkins or jack-o-lanterns outside for the remainder of the fall season. Watching a jack-o-lantern sag at our doorstep can be unsightly, a reminder of past costumes and trick or treaters. If we shift our mindset to one of curiosity, this ...

Every spring and fall, I am a little more vigilant as I drive into Celoron on a road just inland from the Chadakoin River. The road I drive cuts through wetlands along the riverbank, and either side of the road has a steep cutout that, for most of the year, is full of water. It’s not a ...