One of the reasons I love winter hiking is that I can really see the structure and heart of a landscape.  What makes one kind of place entir...

Mid-February here in Pennsylvania is usually considered to be the apex of winter. On my trip out to Lake Erie I was expecting the year's...

Close to home today, I hiked the four-mile loop at Kellys Run Nature Preserve in Holtwood, PA. The past week of failing forests has really s...

Surveying local forests this week for a college class I'm teaching has been a soul-crushing experience. This once familiar forest of my ...