Missouri Conservationist: Nov 1998

Icy trout parks provide practice waters for budding fly fishers.

People come together to share and savor their hunting tradition.

Chances are good you're not getting top dollar from your forest.

One evening, over 200 years ago, settlers trekking through what would later become Tennessee observed two oddities at once. Above them, the partially eclipsed moon shone red. And below, in a valley, a Cherokee clan was hooting, firing rifles and banging kettles and bells. The Cherokee believed a monstrous frog was devouring the moon, and they hoped to scare the frog away.

A timeless tradition passes from father to daughter.