A Walk West: Rediscovering America’s National Parks a Step at a Time
America's National Parks are a national treasure: join author Steve Betchkal as he journeys - in stories and images - through some of his (and your) favorites.
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin
A generation of the nation’s young men could not find a job, because there were no jobs. They were hungry, as were their families. They wandered the land looking for a future.
Delight, Gardens, C’mon!
This talk will imagine ways that delight, joy, and love are integral to the ways we care for the land, but also to the ways we care for ourselves and each other as the land.
Turn Your Passion Into A Picture Book – The Magic of Monarchs
Turn your passion into a picture book! Join my protagonist, Mr. McGinty, and me as we embark on a mission to save the monarch butterflies!
Turn Your Passion Into A Picture Book – The Magic of Monarchs
Turn your passion into a picture book! Join my protagonist, Mr. McGinty, and me as we embark on a mission to save the monarch butterflies!
Wisconsin State Parks: Stories of Geology and Natural History
Wisconsin has a fascinating variety of landscapes. It occurred to me that to explore any one of these diverse areas and to understand how they came to be, one could use the wonderful State Parks and State Forests of Wisconsin as entry points.
Taking Flight: A History of Birds and People in the Heart of America
Explore how and why people in the Midwest worshiped, feared, studied, hunted, ate, and protected the birds that surrounded them over the last 12,000 years.
Crossing the Driftless: Some Upstream Paddling Required
Crossing the Driftless is a river traveler’s tale and an exploration of the streams of geologic and human history, as Lynne and Bob Diebel canoe 360 miles across the Driftless Area.
Can There Be a Biography of a Lake? If So, How Would You Write One?
History is not there to find; it is there to create.