Indian Canyon through the year – January
It was the evening before my January trip to Indian Canyon. As I walked to the “camping shed” to get my backpack and cross-country skis, some movement in the sky…
Look at that Wildman!
Today is Memorial Day. Many families visit cemeteries on Memorial Day, and that was something my family always did when I was growing up. We would go to our local…
Weird Trees: Encountering the Bristlecone Pines of Indian Canyon
Several years ago I took a couple of Utah State University botany classes taught by botanist Sherel Goodrich, co-author of Uinta Basin Flora (Goodrich and Neese, 1986) and Uinta Flora…
Happy 50th Birthday, Earth Day!
Two weeks ago Kristina and I went for a hike to celebrate Earth Day. Since we hadn’t had gone out on Easter Sunday the previous week – due to cold,…
An Outstanding Feature
Employees of the Ashley National Forest (the Ashley) are working on a forest plan revision, and as part of that process they’ve been inventorying and evaluating areas for potential addition…