Posts Tagged ‘Forest’
Why is taking care of rivers important? Join us for a five-minute video featuring a collage of voices from Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) partners describing why they think healthy rivers matter. An original acoustic song, “Rivers Run”, provides a melodic backdrop, while video clips and images from along our route convey the many ways rivers intersect our lives. NFCT is a 740-mile water trail from the Adirondacks to northern Maine. In its traverse across this rugged landscape known as the Northern Forest, NFCT links 22 rivers and streams, 56 lakes and ponds, and 40 rural communities as it spans New York, Vermont, Quebec, New Hampshire, and Maine.
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Point Defiance Park in Tacoma Washington is 700 acres of conifer forest that is 100 years old. The chinook dog trots along one of the trails on a June day pulling his Chalo Sulky. The sulky has a single shaft over his back that connects to his harness. Brett stops and starts on voice command. We pass doug fir, red cedar, swordfern, huckleberry.
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Bankhead National Forest is Alabama’s largest national forest, with 180,000 acres located in northwestern Alabama named in honor of William B. Bankhead, a longtime U. S. Representative from Alabama. Clear Creek Recreation Area, one of six recreation areas that are part of Bankhead National Forest, is located approximately 15 miles north of Jasper on Lake Lewis Smith. This area offers excellent camping in spacious and private sites complete with RV electric and water hook-up and excellent views from many camp sites of beautiful Lake Lewis Smith. Other recreational activities available while camping include fishing, boating, hiking and biking.
Lake Lewis Smith is actually a large reservoir which is part of the headwaters of the Black Warrior River basin located in Cullman, Walker and Winston counties. It was created with the construction of the Lewis Smith Dam back in 1961 and consists of over 21,000 acres. It’s a very deep lake and probably holds more water than any other lake in Alabama. The water is emerald green and reportedly allows you to ’see a fish strike a lure 10 feet down’.
Clear Creek Campground, located within the Recreation Area, is right on the Lake in a mixed forest of oak, hickory and pine. Many of the campsites at this campground have waterfront views and are noted for being spacious and private (accommodating RV sizes of up to 40 feet). Some camp sites adjacent to the lake include sites 39, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, and 52 among others – useful information when it comes time to make reservations.
The campground offers 102 camp sites located in four campground loops – Hoot Owl, Fox Loop, Bear Loop and Fawn Loop. Amenities include water and electric hookups, an RV waste station, hot showers, and flush toilets. This is a very popular campground and has been voted by Frommers Guide to Best RV & Tent Campgrounds in the U. S. A. as one of the ‘best RV camping, best tent camping, most beautiful campground, most private campsites, quietest campground, most secure campground and most romantic campground’ in Alabama. So campers beware and make reservations if possible.
Once you’re set up in your camp site, you may want to go fishing or boating, popular activities on the lake with over 70 species of fish including largemouth bass, spotted bass, striped bass, crappie and bluegill. Gulf coast striped bass and Florida-strain largemouth bass have been stocked successfully into the lake since the 1980s.
Hiking and biking opportunities within the campground include a paved 1. 5 mile trail that travels along the lake shore to the beach with lots of places for wading and fishing along the way. Take a swim at the beach at the end of this trail. There are other hiking trails adjacent to the campground but more serious hikers will want to explore the Bankhead National Forest 153 mile trail system.
Combine hiking and beautiful views and visit the 25-mile Black Warrior Horse Trail. You’ll see beautiful waterfalls, sandstone cliffs, deep gorges, majestic hardwood trees, and an abundance of birds and animals. There are three trails in this system all of which allow mountain biking. They include the Key Mill Loop, Brushy Loop, and the Pine Torch Loop. The most popular with bicycle riders is the Pine Torch Loop and is eleven miles long.
Hiking, biking, fishing, boating, camping at Bankhead National Forest – all with beautiful views of Lake Lewis Smith. You won’t go wrong by visiting Clear Creek Recreation Area or any of the recreation areas of Bankhead National Forest.
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Tangofoxtrot BigSarge101 and Lambdog76 give a demonstration of camping tents taking place in the Withlacoochee State Forest Florida. Most of the footage is compressed for time 
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Source: Helium. com
When considering how tent camping has changed over the years, on one side, one could think that it has evolved as much and at the same pace as the rest of life. On the other hand, the avid forest camper probably believes more that tent camping in the forest has only changed as much as each and every camper lets it.
Sure, there are many evident changes that have occurred over the years in regards to tent camping in general, however the same old camping principles really still apply. Today, a small fortune can be spent on new camping gear, from your tent, sleeping bags, the best clothing, to the latest gizmos and gadgets.
Another thought to consider is that forest goers of the past also did not has use of many of the safety and mapping electronic devices that campers of today have access to such as GPS units, transievers, beacons and cell phones. All today, widely used for safety and wilderness activities of many sorts.
Largely changed in the forest camping world also are the fabrics that are used today in the production of clothing, tents, tarps, and other uses of material and waterproofing. Plastics and the uses of other more durable lightweight materials are another change that has occurred over the years making packs quite a bit lighter for any forest tenting trip.
Tents are also another big change for tenting camping, in any neck of the woods. A tent of today, is a far reach from the little red tent you may have pitched in the backyard as a child. Tents now come in almost every size, shape, and color that any camper might desire. Every camper should be sure to shop around before purchasing that new “home away from home“. . .
Source: Helium. com
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Tom Zetterstrom captures inner life of trees in a forest of portraits
Like the best portrait painters, Tom Zetterstrom draws forth the sap and heartwood of the trees he’s photographed for 35 years.
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A Ukiah man’s hopes of rallying volunteers to tear down marijuana gardens in the Mendocino National Forest have law enforcement dubious – but not against the idea.
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