Loon

Join us — An article recently appeared in the Adirondack Almanack newsletter extolling the virtues of camping. In 10 Reasons Why I Camp, Melissa Hart recounts the joys of car camping. All are great and valid reasons to spend time at a Northwoods campground. But there are some differences between Melissa’s recent experience…

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By Natasha Bartolotta, Communications and Outreach Coordinator Just like us, the love lives of common loons are…complicated. Navigating the muddy waters of finding a mate is something all loons must tackle head on. But many loons do eventually find success and return to our lakes year after year to raise…

Late afternoon east wind guides Puffin around Bassetts Island one last time after sunny skies and a mid-day light house swim in warm clear water give way to dark clouds and the distinct possibility of rain. “Where will you go?” Mary asks as I ready a few things for what…

By Sunday’s cocktail hour When every verdant tuft is shorn Mowers cease and ripples cower Our lake mirrors a vacant sky Two Common Loons appear Their laughter’s tremolo cry Syncopate to burning alpenglow Don’t babble on and on about What you think you know

I’m in that back to school state of mind, late summer. The weather changes. And you keep writing about loons. So it’s been 50 years, although I don’t recall the exact date. But I remember the rest. At the Methodist church fellowship hall. Where my family went to church, so…

By Dr. Walter Piper, Chapman University Much has changed in the past half-century. A half-century ago I was a young boy who fell asleep each summer night hearing loon calls echo across the surface of Lake Temagami, in central Ontario. Now I am planning for my 29th consecutive year of…

Unfortunately, the Loon project has ended since January 2021. Based on the company’s medium post: “…haven’t found a way to get the costs low enough to build a long-term, sustainable business.” We still see it as an interesting project from which a lot can be learned. This article was created…

While networking has evolved an enormous amount during my time in the field, for terrestrial networking one problem has remained pretty constant: the difficulties in establishing rights of way. Developing new rights of way is logistically and legally difficult, and it’s thus common to see networks develop along existing rights…