Thursday, September 12, 2013



What a joy that the weather has turned cooler and the crowds have left northern Michigan.

Nearly stepped on this little guy as I hiked Fisherman's Island this afternoon.  Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens). Once the most abundant frog in Michigan but numbers have fallen in recent years and now rare in some parts of the state.





Thursday, April 25, 2013

Substantial stream-bank erosion on the Boyne River following the melt: