Lately I’ve been paying even closer attention to the wild babies in my woods, because they are the subject of the Cable Natural History Museum’s 2022 exhibit. Since every living thing is young once (it’s hard to imagine a baby house fly or beetle, but they exist), there’s a lot to pay attention to, and I’m asking for your help.
This summer, the museum is hosting the Northwoods Babies Photo Contest. It’s pretty simple: kids and adults of any age are invited to submit their digital photos of baby or young animals and their hard-working parents. All animals must be Northwoods natives, and may include mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects. The photos don’t even have to be from 2021. If you got a great photo last summer, you could enter that, too!
Whip-poor-wills need moths. You can make a difference in your own backyard by preserving and restoring habitat, planting native species, spraying fewer chemicals.
Simple, affordable and socially distanced, snowshoeing gets hot
As biking was to spring, snowshoeing is to winter as exercisers adapt to cold weather. 122 Shares
Snowshoeing is poised to become one of this winter’s most popular outdoor pastimes, as people look for activities that offer plenty of social distance. (Provided by REI Co-op via New York Times)
By Elaine Glusac,
The New York Times
When the pandemic struck in the height of the 2020 ski season, closing the downhill ski mountain in Breckenridge, the Breckenridge Nordic & Snowshoe Adventure Center found families turning to its snow sports, which were, by their natures, socially distanced, pandemic or not.