"Ideas about our relationship with nature...[are] confused by wish, want-to-be, and imaginary worlds that have never existed." – from Strange Encounters, by Daniel B. Botkin
"Given enough ingenuity, a scientist can make practically any scheme sound plausible." - from The Life of an Oak, An intimate Portrait, by Glenn Keator
River landings are places where folks may stop for a while to exchange goods, passengers, news, stories, and opinions from upstream, downstream, and elsewhere. They are intersections or meeting places of the past and present, 
pointing the way, like an arrow, to some unknowable future; perhaps providing guidance for a time or shelter from a storm. It is my intention that these occasional notes, stories, and essays may function in a similar manner, providing provisions of ideas for further contemplation and, ultimately, understanding.
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Featured Entires (For text see "Recent Posts," "Categories," or "Archives"):
The Gizzard Shad in Nature's Economy. Posted November 3, 2008 in "River Life Articles," and previously published in Illinois Audubon magazine, summer 1995 issue.
Pursuing the Blue Goose Across Illinois. A travel article posted on June 7, 13, and 21 2008 in "General Articles Travel-Nature," previously published in Illinois Audubon magazine, describing a 2003 trip visiting national wildlife refuges.
Long Island at Great River National Wildlife Refuge
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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHS
Holes made by the pileated woodpecker in a dead tree at Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge, Fulton County, Illinois. This photograph is on the cover of Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley, Volume 9, Issue 1, and may also be viewed at this weblog's Illinois River Photo Gallery.
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Canoeing Bath Chute, an Illinois River Side Channel, from the Illinois River Photo Gallery.
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Note: New entries will be posted no less than once per month.
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