Mason Tract Logging Cutting up Residents

by Sheri McWhirter

Some nature lovers wonder if state officials can't see the forest for the trees. Stately oaks and pines -- some 100 years old -- are being clear cut at the Mason Tract, a 4,700-acre swath in southeast Crawford County that has roots as a conservation gift to the state.

"This is a pretty sensitive area. Why did they have to do this here?" said Doug Maidment of Crawford County, who lives near the Mason Tract.

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Hawkins Bans Bottled Water

Hawkins Outfitters is taking a small stand against bottled water

Bottled water is harmful to the environment every step of it's life. Millions of gallons of oil are used to make water bottles. Huge amounts of fossil fuels are used to move the water to market. We feel that everyone has to help reduce energy consumption and waste.

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Le Shack fondly remembers friends, fishing

by John “Duke” Welter

It is a bittersweet thing to review the last book of Jim Chapralis, Le Shack, a collection of short essays and stories about his time among a group of Chicagoans who frequented a tumbledown fishing camp in the sand country streams of central Wisconsin. It is bittersweet because the book came out about a week before Jim died of lung cancer last November.

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EDTU Chapter Apparel

Hat, $20

Check out the newest addition to EDTU's line of apparel. Hat sells for $20.

To see the full line of apparel and for more information, click below

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