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Photo Essay | Spring Wildflowers Along the Root River Trail

Community Voices

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POETRY | Root River Current Tribute 

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ESSAY | Hiking Wisconsin’s Driftless Bluffs and Prairies

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Essay | Creative Skills and Kids

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Root River Diary | An Extraordinary Kindness

Root River area towns have stories to tell. (Map courtesy of <a href="https://www.rootrivertrail.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Root River Trail Towns</a>)

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<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">Maiden Hair Fern (Adiantum) flourishes in full shade or dappled sunlight. (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)</span>

June Arrives

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Poetry | Yggdrasil…Turning green…the voice

Connection with a neighbor and quick action by a local ambulance crew brought aid to Don Bell.

Root River Diary | Counting on Your Neighbors

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b;"><em>High School baseball is in full force during May.  In this picture, the batter makes contact with the baseball while the catcher is still poised to receive the pitch.  (Photo by Craig Johnson)</em> </span>

Prelude to Summer

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">The author’s favorite ephemeral is the Showy Orchis. This exquisite member of the orchid family has won acclaim from some Morel mushroom hunters as a reliable signal for when the Morels will appear. Unfortunately, it is also well known for being extremely hard to find anywhere. So if you find it, celebrate your good luck.  (Photos by Loni Kemp) </span>

Ephemeral Wildflowers Blanket The Woods — Quick, Look Now!

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; "><em>Geese and goslings float in the water on a sunny spring day. (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)</em></span>

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