State of Wilderness

Category: Urban Wilderness Areas

  • Southern Idaho’s First Disappointment

    Okay, so back with the continued adventures of a road trip out west. In our story, it is now July 15, and our intrepid explorers have left the Salt Lake City area, sans kids (they were now with their dad for a few weeks) and half a day behind. The plan, my friends, was to…

  • San Marcos: Purgatory Creek Natural Area and Prospect Park

    I think I am turning green after this weekend..green with envy over this sweet, sweet setup my best friend growing up has got going on over there in the smtx.  Not only does she have this great big yard that is part elevated open green space for the kids to play/part wilderness, but she also…

  • Pundt Park: What I Love About Forests

    There’s a certain way the light falls in a forest that just makes my heart tremble with excitement.  It’s a spill of sunlight across a swath of leaves gathered at the edge of a fallen tree, or the emerald green of moss creeping up a tree base.  It’s rounding a bend in a trail and…

  • Spring Creek Nature Center Goings-On

    There are so many reasons to love the Spring Creek Nature Center.  Inside the center, displays dazzle young children with live and preserved specimens, coloring areas, quizzes, fun worksheets and nature journals. Outside, there is the forest, which is practically enchanted; filled with lichens, mosses, big trees and little trees.  Mud sucked at our shoes…