Listen now! Listen to "Volume 2, Episode 4 – Call of the Northwoods, Part 2" on Spreaker. Welcome to the season finale of Volume 2. In this episode, which doubles as part 2 of Andrew's conversation with A.J. DeRosa of Northwoods Collective and Project Upland, the two talk ...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – The cool morning air was a direct contradiction to the muggy, 70-degree temperature as I stepped out of my house onto our walkway. As I carried my waders to my vehicle, I was already dreaming of being the cold mountain streams of Greenbrier County with my ...
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL If you’ve been a regular reader of my column over the years, then you know I’m not a fan of house cats that run around outside. They can be cats that live in and around a home. They can be stray cats that someone dumped. Or they can be feral cats that have ...
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL I ran into some friends as I walked at the Morgantown Botanic Garden and they asked me whether deer and turkey eat morel mushrooms. I wasn’t sure about turkeys, but I knew that deer eat morels. Do they eat so many that morel pickers, who will be out there ...
COMMENTARY BY DR. DAVE SAMUEL Periodically I get emails from readers who have seen a deer that just doesn’t look normal. They write because they want to know the cause. Let me start with the most unique and unusual problem. A month ago, I got an email from a hunter who found a shed ...
It's no secret that foraging for ramps and a variety of woodland fungi has started to become more popular over the last few years. I ask myself frequently when it will become less trendy and the woods will be more open once again. I discovered foraging my sophomore year of college ...