Perhaps uncharitably, some of us lucky enough to inhabit Adirondack Park year-round refer to early spring as "Mud Season." Mud, slush, and soft ground surely are parts of the winter-to-spring transition here; but so are rushing rivers, running sap, surging freshets, budding … [Read more...] about Melting, Mating, and Moving: Adirondack Life in Early Spring
Roadkill
Avoiding Roadkill
Last week, I again had the sad experience of coming upon a dead rattlesnake in the road. I was bicycling Lakeshore Road, next to Split Rock Wild Forest, when I came upon another tragic death on the highway. This is the third dead rattlesnake I’ve seen on this road in the last … [Read more...] about Avoiding Roadkill
Roadkill: American Mink
The tragedy that most painfully defines America is roadkill. Nearly all of us participate almost every day in the wanton killing of other creatures — and too often our own kind, sometimes even our sons and daughters — so that we can race to work, buy things we don’t need, and … [Read more...] about Roadkill: American Mink