Making a Commitment to the Next Generation When we think about life on the prairie, most of us think about rugged individualism. Yet the community of Isabel, South Dakota, put that image to rest as they talk about the need for interdependency in order to survive in today’s rural economy. While coal mining and the […]
The Diablo Trust
It Takes a Village Coconino County, Arizona · By Sue and Tony Norris The Prosser and the Metzger families have been neighbors for more than eighty years. Their combined ranches, the Bar T Bar and the Flying M, consist of 426,000 acres of federal, state, and private lands spread across a broad swath of northern […]
Schoolcraft State Park
Taken from article in the Long Praire Leader by Sue Farmer ________________________________________________________________________________ Henry Schoolcraft State Park There aren’t many places one can take an unfettered stroll along the Mississippi River in Minnesota, but Henry Rowe Schoolcraft State Park provides just such an opportunity. Located a few miles from Grand Rapids off Minnesota Highway 6, the […]
Scenic State Park
Excerpts from article in the Long Prairie Leader “Conservation ethic saved tall pines of Scenic State Park for future generations” by Sue Farmer ________________________________________________________________________________ The People’s Park As millions of board feet of pine succumbed to the ax and saw in northern Minnesota at the dawn of the 20th century, a group of forward-thinking conservationists […]
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