Our Public Lands — The Gift that Keeps on Giving and Giving and…
Yet one more report underscores how important conserving our nation’s public lands is to the country’s economy. The newest report is from our country’s largest landlord, the Interior Department. It outlines Interior’s economic contributions for fiscal 2012 — $371 billion to the U.S. economy and 2.3 million jobs. Those jobs ran the gamut from outdoor recreation […]
I Get UP! – In the Wilds of Michigan
Many people know all about the mitt…and I’m not referring to the former governor turned Presidential candidate (though he was born here). The “mitt” that is Michigan is one of the most enduring monikers we have for an American state’s shape. In fact, astronauts say it’s one of the most recognizable and easily identified land […]
Don’t Fence Us Out of Our Public Lands
I didn’t grow up with fences. In the small Midwestern town where I grew up, everyone’s backyard was still “open range.” I joined the rest of the kids in my neighborhood to roam that open range, playing Hide & Seek and tag, tracking garter snakes and keeping a watchful eye on this spring’s litter of […]