Katharine Wojcik 6/19/21 Katharine Wojcik 6/19/21

Expectation

Around halfway between Route 137 and Route 7, I recognized the sound. That is to say, I’d heard this song many years ago. Rather than on the tip of my tongue, it was in the back of my mind. A warbler, for sure, but which one? Magnolia? Canada? I was in no rush. Why not just wait a few minutes, and see what unfolds?

Why Are Roads Problematic?

Nineteen miles. That is the furthest you can get from a maintained road in the lower 48 states, a land mass covering 2,959,064 square miles. When Lewis and Clark crossed the continent in 1804-05 there were no roads between St.Louis and the Pacific Ocean. Today these 48 states have more than 4 million miles of roads. A lot has changed, a lot has been lost in 200 plus years.

Beavers and their Benefactors

After walking through a mile or more of second-growth woods, it was visually refreshing to see an opening ahead in the forest. It coincided with the appearance of some bogwalks - logs hewn in half, flat side up, to provide a dry surface to walk across otherwise wet and squishy soil.