by Chris Woodside | Oct 11, 2012 | Magazine Articles
Library of Congress. Ernest Coe sat, walked, and even slept in the Everglades during the years he crusaded for it to become a national park Connecticut Woodlands Fall 2012 How did Ernest F. Coe evolve from a New Haven landscaper who cultivated exotic plants for...
by Chris Woodside | Jun 6, 2012 | Magazine Articles
This portrait of Stuck appeared at the beginning of his book 10,000 Miles with a Dog Sled. Appalachia journal, Summer/Fall 2012 Hudson Stuck, Archdeacon of the Yukon For many years, no one knew who he was because of the controversies surrounding the ascent of the...
by Chris Woodside | Dec 14, 2011 | Magazine Articles
Appalachia journal, Winter/Spring 2012 From the time Elizabeth and Annie were little, my husband Nat and I took them into the mountains, from Tennessee to New Hampshire. They trudged miles carrying loads. We taught them how to light a stove, collect water, wait out...
by Chris Woodside | Nov 15, 2011 | Magazine Articles
Nature Climate Change Volume 1 Issue 8 Nature Climate Change, November 2011 The amazing giant saguaro cactus of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States does what its human neighbours cannot. It survives on 8 to 15 inches of annual rainfall. The...
by Chris Woodside | Oct 31, 2011 | Magazine Articles
Aldo Leopold (U.S. Forest Service) Connecticut Woodlands, Fall 2011 Aldo Leopold was a hunter. The icon of the environmental movement, the man who taught us not to exploit the land but understand its complexities, wasn’t a bloodthirsty killer. He believed that hunting...
by Chris Woodside | Oct 31, 2011 | Online Articles
The mountain lion in Minnesota last winter, months before he made it to Connecticut. Patch.com, July 9, 2011 Despite many sightings over the years, it’s doubtful Connecticut has mountain lions For 25 years, Connecticut residents have reported seeing mountain...