Environment
DNR parks & trails director checks in on the 'start of summer' weekend
-Courtland Nelson, director of parks and trails for the Minnesota DNR, talked with Buck May 25 about what's new for the summer season at our state parks. You can learn more at their website here.
Wildersmith May 25
-A nice upset of atmospheric conditions occurred last Sunday up and along the Trail. Miracles will never cease, it rained, marvelous rain!
Points North: In Minnesota Waters, Monsters Exist
-Most television fishing shows are only marginally more exciting than watching paint dry.
Points North: Sometimes, One Walleye is Enough
-Distracted by gardens and other tasks, we saved our fishing opener for Sunday evening, when we headed to a small lake just inside the Boundary Waters wilderness.
Wildersmith May 18
-Spring has really sprung in the upper Gunflint territory! Since we last met over the waves of space, many more wilderness characters have popped out.
Adventurer Jon Turk on his latest expedition, 1,500-mile circumnavigation of Ellesmere Island by kayak
-Buck spoke May 11 with Jon Turk, environmental scientist and adventurer, about what drives him to undertake extreme adventure, what it takes to succeed, and pushing one's body to these limits at age 66. Jon recently completed a 1,500-mile circumnavigation of Ellesmere Island by kayak with his expedition partner Erik Boomer; it's believed to be the first ever.
Author, publisher, small homes guru Lloyd Kahn on his latest book, "Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter"
-Bob chatted May 4 with Lloyd Kahn, founder of Shelter Publications, in town for the North House sustainability weekend, about his new book, 'micro-housing,' fitness and more.
Points North: Getting Dizzy Over AIS Rules
-Sometimes the world spins so fast it just makes you dizzy.
Northern Sky: A Partial Eclipse of the Sun
-Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column. In this edition of Northern Sky, there's a lot going on in the month of May.