By Mary Fairchild Paddling around Eagle Island, 2009; the island is protected by Critical Species Natural Area. Last fall, on September 24th, Chequamegon Bay JFK Day marked Kennedy’s visit to the Apostle Islands area thirty years ago (Sept. 24, 1963). Chequamegon was applied to the region by traders and missionaries which derives from a Chippewa(Ojibwe) word, shagwaumikong, meaning soft beaver dam….
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Deep Politics in Chicago: Money, Power, and Marilyn
By Mary Fairchild The “Welcome to Chicago” sign at the Indiana border on Chicago’s South Side is within POD surveillance. PODs are surveillance cameras with zoom and 360 degree rotation capabilities for high-crime areas. They are mounted on city light poles to help reduce violent crime and drug dealing. In a recent Chicago Magazine article titled “Why is…
Ladies of the Lake Sea Kayak Symposium: Details, Details, Details
By Mary Fairchild Can you feel the energy in this picture? That’s how our two days looked–everyone was beaming and having a lot of fun. Flickr Pictures Coach Bonnie Perry psyching up our group(above) before we head to the lake on our first day of training at the Ladies of the Lake Sea Kayak Symposium 2013….
Surfing My First Hole at Piers Gorge
By Mary Fairchild Sara Hartman, Ron Laird, Mary Fairchild, Alex Reily, Walter Afable, and Ryan Rushton; Terminal Surfer; July 26, 2013; 1800 CFS. Picture courtesy: Kat Kulchinski. Intentional hole and wave surfing are the bulk of what river runners call play. It means stopping at a river feature and exploring what it has to offer….
Boat Registration in Illinois: Chicago Style
By Mary Fairchild At the CASKA gathering last night, held at Chicago’s Jackson Park Yacht Club, I had a chance to catch up with Gary Steinbauer. Gary and I attended some of our first kayaking with the club together in 201l. We’ve both paddled not only Lake Michigan, but the whitewater park in Yorkville which had just opened in 2011. Taking…
Forest Service and Public/Private Partnerships: Selling us Access to Our Own Investments
By Mary Fairchild (Mt. Lemmon, Tuscon, Arizona. Flickr Pictures.) Our country has beautiful national forests and parks to explore. Many of us enjoy exploring them. At one time, the undeveloped areas required no money to enter, and developed facilities were basic but affordable. “The Forest Service will be allowing private companies to sell us access to our…