Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Some Folks Call Me “Gutpile”

    Mar 7, 2011 · Brad Josephs

    When I am not guiding or traveling, you can find me residing in the quirky little fishing village (though some argue it is primarily a drinking village with a fishing problem) of Homer, Alaska.

  • Conservation

    Happy Birthday, Yellowstone National Park!

    Mar 1, 2011 · Wendy Redal

    America’s first national park is 139 years old today! Yellowstone became the first federally protected national park by an Act of Congress signed into law on March 1, 1872.

  • Videos

    The Canine Connection

    Feb 3, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    About 14,000 years ago in what today is the country of Israel, hunter-gatherers buried a body with its hand holding a pup. It’s not known whether the animal was a dog or a wolf. But it is believed to be one of the earliest pieces of evidence regarding the dog’s domestication.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Adventure in the Ellipses: Elk

    Oct 18, 2010 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Ever since elk were reintroduced to Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in 1995, I’ve wanted to see them roaming freely in my home state. Last month, my dream was realized—twice.