Well folks, I am pleased to announce that I will be heading down to Kentucky for a Forest Service job next month. I will be a lead backcountry ranger intern working in the Red River Gorge Geological Area. A portion of the Gorge is designated as the Clifty Wilderness, with some 12,600 acres of rugged … Continue reading New Job at Daniel Boone National Forest
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Back in Connecticut
Sorry for the delay, but I am back and mostly settled-in. October seemed to fly-by, and as I was preparing to leave Missouri, my supervisor, Big John the Badass, was leaving for his new job managing wilderness areas out in Colorado. http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah141/DuirOnnCrataegus/USFS-MTNF/USFSRPMW12_zpsmcykwjcu.jpg At the summit of Rock Pile Mtn, Rock Pile Mtn Wilderness I want … Continue reading Back in Connecticut
Wilderness Skills Institute 2016
Hey guys, I'm back from spending 5 days at Pisgah National Forest for the Wilderness Skills Institute. The WSI is an educational collaboration of the US Forest Service, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards, and other conservancy organisations and volunteer groups. Now, I know what you're probably thinking...you're contemplating that I was out … Continue reading Wilderness Skills Institute 2016
A New Beginning
Well folks, it's official: in this follow-up post to my 'Update 2016' article, it is my great pleasure to announce to you all that I will be heading down to Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri for a 6 month Wilderness Ranger internship with the Student Conservation Association. I just got the confirmation call today … Continue reading A New Beginning
Yuletide Winter Hike on the Ives’ Trail
This post is a month overdue, but nevertheless here it is. On my bush-biking trip I had mentioned a desire to come back in winter for a snowshoeing trek along the continuation of the Ives' up Spruce Mtn, Pine Mtn, through Hemlock Hills Open Space and then to the Bennett's Pond Trail System. Well, in … Continue reading Yuletide Winter Hike on the Ives’ Trail
Update 2016
Sooooooo....where have I been for the past 2 months and half? Not to worry, I'm not dead or severely injured; I've just been plagued with computer hardware problems that have limited my access and communication with the internet. Things appear to be much better now, and I have a lot to catch up on and … Continue reading Update 2016
To Live Like Thoreau…
At Juniata College in Pennsylvania, there is a senior student by the name of Dylan Miller, who lives outside off-campus. For the past 10 months, he has lived in a self-made shelter of dead-fall timber, leaves, and a tarp roof as part of his senior year project at the university. He is a Philosophy and … Continue reading To Live Like Thoreau…
