Spring is just around the corner, and we are all ready to spend time in nature and find some new adventures. Here in Michigan, water is a way of life, we are quite literally surrounded, smack dab in the middle of our most precious resource, the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes holds 90% of the Unites States fresh water supply.  Zoom out, a little further… the Great Lakes is 10% of the planets fresh water! It's up to us to keep our lakes healthy of us and future generations.  The region is home to more than 3,500 species of plants...

Road Trip! We had a five-day camping trip ahead of us and although I couldn’t wait for the adventures to begin, I was stressing about what we were going to eat. We love to be creative and cook our own meals when we're traveling. They're delicious, healthy, and camp cooking is fun. This time around, however, none of my typical go-to recipes were inspiring me. I wanted to mix it up, but I didn’t have time (or patience) to look up recipes. Nor did I want to hunt down fancy new grocery items. Looking quickly into my pantry and freezer, I...

It's #MotivationMonday! Enjoy this week's reflection on becoming an everyday activist to protect our precious planet at home, in our community, and beyond. While jogging through my neighborhood a few days ago, I heard an unexpected sound: “Oh__ Swee__t Can-a-da-na-da-na-da-na-da.” The crystal clear notes of a white-throated sparrow instantly transported me from my brick-paved street in Canton, Ohio to the “land of ten thousand lakes” -- the boreal forest of northern Minnesota. We don’t usually hear this bird call in northeast Ohio, only during spring migration. For about 10 years, I joined that migration north in the early summer to guide wilderness canoe...