Author Archives: Lawrence Wade

Finding Balance in Nature

Posted on December 27, 2025 by Lawrence Wade

I am thrilled to share this posting that includes the voices of so many people who love nature. I hope you have time to enjoy the creative energy that they have expressed through their photography, stories, poetry and art.   … Continue reading →

Posted in Connecting to Nature, Nature Poetry, Photography/Art | 5 Comments

The Beauty and Value of Fungus in a Forest Ecosystem

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Lawrence Wade

A fungus photo essay by Jen Ganley who is from New England; Janine Pung who is from Minnesota; and Jim Cotton from Redwood country, Northern California; Maria Montero, from Minnesota. Thanks to Ron Spinosa of the Minnesota Mycological Society for … Continue reading →

Posted in Connecting to Nature, Photography/Art | 5 Comments

Planting Hope

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Lawrence Wade

In 1997, I contacted a nurseryman who had rescued hundreds of native plants that were going to be destroyed from a road cut near Northfield, MN. I bought several hundred of his plants for a restoration project that I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments

The Eye of the Whale

Posted on October 10, 2025 by Lawrence Wade

It was 43 years ago that I was a whale researcher in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada. After 6 months of living and breathing whales for 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, I crossed over into … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature Guardians, Whales & Oceanography | 17 Comments

Time of the Grasshoppers

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Lawrence Wade

Thanks to Amelia Ladd for her beautiful pen and ink sketches. Time of the Grasshoppers    For the past 20 years I have been working with 2nd graders studying grasshoppers. When you spend as much time as I have in … Continue reading →

Posted in Insects | 3 Comments

Fish Whisperer

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Lawrence Wade

  First snorkel holding onto a rock in the rapids A large muskie swam up and rested beside me Ecstatic wondered if I should be panicked. Hoped that I was not wearing anything shiny that looked tasty to a muskie. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Connecting to Nature | 13 Comments

Teach me How to Be a Forest

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Lawrence Wade

Most humans walk by us and think, “It is just a tree.” But a few humans stop and listen and realize we are so much more than “just a tree”. Listening to trees Consider this a “mindfulness” activity that includes … Continue reading →

Posted in Connecting to Nature, Nature Guardians, Photography/Art | 12 Comments

Frogs, Frogs, Frogs

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Lawrence Wade

The parade of frogs to the breeding ponds begins soon after the ice is out (usually after April 15th), as they fulfill their yearly mating ritual. In the spring I try to spend as much time as possible in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Connecting to Nature, Spring | 2 Comments

Animal Tracking Basics

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Lawrence Wade

Below is an excerpt from an expert tracker,  Jonathan Poppele. He wrote the book,  Animal Tracks: Midwest Edition: “Tracking is the study and interpretation of the footprints and other signs left behind by animals as they go about their lives. … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature Notes, Winter | 12 Comments

Animal Homes

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Lawrence Wade

Animal Homes This is a great time of year to study Animal Homes.  Below you will see a Youtube video I created in a park near my house. As you are watching the video, follow along and try to figure … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Mammals, Nature Notes | 2 Comments