Paddling for the love of Wisconsin: The final tale

Paddling for the love of Wisconsin: The final tale

by | Dec 15, 2015 | I Heart Wisconsin

By Ruth Oppedahl, Natural Resources Foundation This article was originally published in the Winter 2015 edition of Bridges, the member newsletter of the Natural Resources Foundation. When my mother turned 50 years old, she joined a group of women who were training to hike the Grand Canyon. She filled my brother’s Boy Scout backpack—a heavy […]

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Paddling Through History

Paddling Through History

by | Oct 9, 2015 | I Heart Wisconsin

By Lisa Charron, Natural Resources Foundation All my life, I’ve walked through the woods and imagined what it would have been like to do so long ago. What would a Winnebago Native American see from atop this hill? What potential did Wisconsin’s first fur traders see in this stream or that lake? Richard D. Durbin, […]

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