I’m tempted to write about Trump’s big white power friendly rally of insanity in Florida tonight, but, instead, I think I’ll just share this footage I shot yesterday evening of someone fishing by drone in the Huron River. Watch, and be amazed. Yesterday, for the first time, I encountered someone fishing by drone in Ypsilanti’s […]
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 20 Pound Carp, bass, decathlon, deer, deer cull, Donald Trump, drone fishing, drone hunting, drones, fishing, fishing by drone, fishing license, hunting by drone, hunting by robot, hunting season, Huron River, Jason Tallant, MAGA, Michigan Open Carry, open carry, Orlando, political rally, Riverside Park, robots, slippery slope, The Future, white nationalism |
By Mark | November 18, 2015
After kicking things off with the awesome into song written by our recent guest Frank Allison, we jumped right into things with University of Michigan Associate Professor Rebecca Hardin, the host of WCBN’s environmental news show It’s Hot in Here, and avid hunter Ben Connor Barrie, the editor of the Ann Arbor blog Damn Arbor. […]
Posted in Agriculture, Ann Arbor, Environment, Local Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Aja Marcato, bats, Ben Connor Barrie, biodiversity, dams, darters, deer, deer cull, ecosystem, Elizabeth Riggs, Erika Nelson, ethics, fish, fish habitat, fishing, Frank Allison, Fred Bear, Geddes, guns, guns in parks, guns in schools, Heather Evans, hostas, Huron River, Huron River Watershed Council, It's Hot in Here, James Hughes, Jim Cherewick, kindness, large mouth bass, Lyme Disease, Marquette, Matt Jones, native plants, Organization for Bat Conservation, public health, public parks, rabies, Rebecca Hardin, River Street Anthology, RiverUp!, Schultz Outfitters, shrubs, small mouth bass, suckers, Ted Nugent, The Who Guy, ticks, USDA, vampires, white bass, White Nose Syndrome, Wildlife Conservation Society, wildlife management |
Last year, as you may recall, our friend Jeff Clark worked with noted labor historian Peter Linebaugh to produce an ambitious little book which touched on everything from the history of May Day, and the inherent vampirism of capitalism, to the life of Demetrius Ypsilanti, the hero of the Greek Civil War whom our city […]
Posted in Environment, Michigan | Also tagged Aldo Leopold, Beezy's, book making, books, Christine Hume, Christopher Camuto, circumventing the democratic process, commons, Derrick Jensen, Edible Commons, Franklin Burroughs, friends with books, Fund for Wild Nature, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, Jack Turner, James Galvin, Jeff Clark, Jeff Irwin, Juna, Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, lame duck, legislative tricks, Marybeth Holleman, May Day, McNaughton & Gunn, Natural Resouces Commission, Norm Bishop, Pure Michigan, Republicans, Rick Snyder, SB 288, Terry Tempest Williams, threats to Democracy, Tom Casperson, Tsilikomah, Ugly Mug, Upper Peninsula, wolf, wolf hunting, wolves |
By Mark | December 10, 2011
[While I’m busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we’re calling Blogbaby. Today’s contribution comes from my friend Kristin.] Little Arlo, you are a delicious little person and an eight pound bundle of potential. I don’t want […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Other | Also tagged Arlo, Blogbaby, China, commons, conservation, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, Europe, excise taxes, Fish and Wildlife Service, fishing licenses, fresh water, Great Lakes, habitat preservation, hunting licenses, John Dingell, Kristin Schrader, natural resources, North American Model of Conservation, restoring wetlands, royalty, watersheds, wetlands, wildlife |
By Mark | February 2, 2009
Today is Groundhog Day. Coincidentally, it’s also the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and company. To my knowledge, no one in America has attempted to celebrate the two things concurrently. Or, at least I’m not finding anything when I Google “La Bamba + groundhog.” I’m […]