The Cahaba River in central Alabama is a delight to explore in spring when the rare Cahaba lily blooms in rocky shoals. My son and I joined the Cahaba “Riverkeeper” for a 5-mile paddle on this biological cornucopia of a river. Photo courtesy of Cahaba Riverkeeper.

On the last day of summer, a serene quiet morning paddling in a quiet tidal marsh in the lower Connecticut River in Connecticut.

North Cascades National Park in Washington State is a massive park with vast areas of wilderness, ancient forests and streams and rivers that run cold and pure.

In one sentence, Henry David Thoreau, the 19th Century Concord naturalist and philosopher, gave us an inspirational message on environmental consciousness that is still appropriate on Earth Day.

Old-growth forest is a rarity in the eastern U. S., but there’s still some left in Congaree National Park near Columbia, South Carolina. Some of the trees are truly enormous.

Watching masses of horseshoe crabs emerge from the sea to spawn on a beach, mobbed by shorebirds feeding on the freshly laid eggs, was a special glimpse into a riveting natural phenomenon.

For the holidays, a departure from my usual nature-oriented posts. “Oh! Christmas Tree” - all true - is offered for your amusement.

The New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia is a new national park that celebrates a robust north-flowing river mirrored by hiking trails.

A great hike on West Rattlesnake Mountain, near Holderness, N. H.

There were 27 of us; 21 paddlers and our 6 guides, rowing and paddling the Rogue River in southwest Oregon as it tumbles its way through wilderness.