This Is NOT A Trail
This is not a trail. It started years ago on the bluffs at Devil's Lake State Park, when someone decided that rather than walking down to the trailhead about 50 yards away, they could cut through the forest to get…
The Shifting Landscape
Opinion - As the world changes, each new generation tends to accept their environment as normal. Science calls this "Shifting Baseline Syndrome". It's why you might not know what you've lost if you weren't around to see it go. Take…
‘Defenders of Devil’s Lake’?
According to an article in the Baraboo News Republic, "A Baraboo woman is leading an effort to oppose potential construction of a new lakefront building at Wisconsin’s most popular (Devil's Lake) state park." You can read the article here. I…
Improve Your View of Nature
When we look around us or take in an amazing vista, or even look down at our feet while standing on one of Devil's Lake State Parks many overlooks... Are we seeing nature? Well, sure. There are trees and plants…
That New Educational Center (Continued…)
For folks following along with the progression of plans for a new "educational" center proposed for Devil's Lake State Park, I'd like to point you to a fresh article in the local newspaper that's worth a read... Feasibility of potential…
Where Have All The Beaver Gone?
May was American Wetland Month. That got me thinking about the wetlands within Devil’s Lake State Park and how they’ve changed or disappeared just since I started this website some 21 years ago. When thinking about the park’s wetlands I…