The crown jewel of the woods in the spring are the ephemeral wildflowers. They push their way up through the carpet of compost left by last autumns’ decaying leaves.

This spring has been particularly spectacular, perhaps because it came a little later than One such day can make up for all the depressing days of “Pittsburgh gray” skies that preceded it.

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Recent rains have been a boon to quail habitat across the Rolling Plains and South Texas. Only time will tell if the birds are able to pull off a decent hatch.(CHASE FOUNTAIN / Chase Fountain ...

ROSEAU COUNTY, Minn. — Sunday, March 20, was a day when all the promise of spring was alive and abundant in many forms. It was a glorious day to be outside.

It was the sort of early-spring rain that feels colder than snow, and I saw by the beam of the flashlight old snow crusts humped up in patches in the woods. It was my job to look for frogs and ...

Spring hasn’t officially sprung just yet, but it sure seems like it has. Signs of the times are beginning to show up in the woods and on the water. It is a really nice change from the past ...

Depending on where you are in Denver, there are probably around 20 to 30 snake bites a year in the metro area,” Colorado ...

So, learning how to hunt turkeys in the rain will not only get you in the spring woods more often, but if you do it right, it’ll put you into gobblers while other hunters are on the couch. Below ...

Many of our region’s woods are called ‘springs’ or even ‘sprynges’ or ‘springwoods’. Think for example of Parkwood Springs, Ladies Spring, Newfield Spring, Nether Spring, and many ...