Category: Fall 2022

Hey all! Welcome to the last post of the fall semester! It’s officially stick season, and Salmon Hole went all-out for the occasion. I only saw a few leaves still attached to their trees blowing in the cold, dry winter wind. The buckthorn bushes were winning in this game of holding on, and some even… Continue reading A Farewell To Fall

When you walk out the backdoor and down the backyard steps, (be careful, they get slippery this time of year), take a left onto the paved path. You’re in Battle Creek Regional Park now, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where I grew up. Take the path past the waterpark and the playground, across Upper Afton Road,… Continue reading Battle Creek

Happy November! Or should I say (happy?) 95th anniversary of the Great Flood of 1927. This afternoon I shouldered my sturdy little backpack filled with pounds of chemistry homework and headed down the hill from campus to visit Salmon Hole. The difference in the woods and by the water was striking compared to when I… Continue reading The November Post

Howdy! After a slow-moving Friday full of studying for upcoming exams and getting distracted by the bright orange trees outside my window, I took a break to visit the spot I’ve chosen for my phenology project: Salmon Hole. Salmon Hole is on the city’s east side, nestled comfortably between Burlington and Winooski on the Winooski… Continue reading The First Post!