Podcasts about Shawnee National Forest

In this episode we go over our trip to the Shawnee National Forest as we tried to get some Hunt Camp winners on some birds for the first time this spring. Hear how we adjusted to the weather conditions and came so close to bringing home a big southern IL tom. Kelly's Instagram account:   / kellyintothewild   IL Deer Firearm lottery link: https://huntillinois.org/announcement Learn more about IL Learn to Hunt here: https://linktr.ee/learntohuntil The University of Illinois' Illinois Learn to Hunt program provides FREE educational content, training webinars, and workshops to teach ADULT participants how to hunt deer, turkey, squirrels, pheasants, ducks, geese and other game. The Hunting Illinois podcast provides educational discussions with experts, review of animal ecology, hunting strategies, and so much more. Make sure to register for free webinars and workshops through our website and follow us on Facebook for any updates on the program and Illinois hunting in general. It is never too late to learn how to hunt!

Join host Jeremiah Byron on Bigfoot Society as we dive into an eerie Bigfoot encounter with Shelly, a hiker and avid traveler, who experienced a series of unsettling events in the Garden of the Gods within Shawnee National Forest, Illinois. Shelly recounts her camping trip on August 24, 2015, where she was followed by a bipedal creature during a night hike. The silent, yet terrifying, pursuit left a lasting impression on her. She shares her detailed account of the footsteps, broken branches, and strange occurrences that night. Hear how this event has influenced her life and led her to delve deeper into the world of Bigfoot research. Additionally, hear insights from Harold Benny, a zoology expert and Bigfoot enthusiast, who has investigated the Shawnee National Forest area and its mysterious sightings.Resources:Harold's article: https://icl.coop/brushes-with-bigfoot/Harold's other episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-i-found-after-the-siege-at-honobia--58791196If you've had similar encounters or experiences, please reach out to bigfootsociety@gmail.com. Your story could be the next one we feature!

Angie Mayfield is a woman of adventure for sure! She has ridden in all 50 states as well as 7 countries. She along with her husband Doug spend every spare moment on the trail exploring the world from the back of their mules. The Mayfields also offer guided rides in Shawnee National Forest and raise quality mules.

Hello everyone and welcome to the show!  Mike Pingleton here, and I am your host for these proceedings.  And here we go with Episode One Hundred and Seven, and our guest for this episode is Dr. Skylar Hopkins, Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University. Some sad news to talk about first. This show is dedicated to the memory of Hans Breuer, who passed away just a few weeks ago. You may remember my conversation with Hans for Episode 91, last December just a year ago. Hans and I traded quips and wordplay and herping stuff for close to twenty years, and many, many folks in the herping community have done the same, he was a lovely person to know. Hans is one of those friends that I've never managed to meet and of course now I deeply regret that. My heart goes out to his family, to his wife and his sons, and to all the many folks out there who also mourn his passing. We miss you old friend. And as always, I am grateful to all the show's patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you're out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it's easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show for as little as three bucks a month – less than a fancy cup of coffee! You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). This is another one of those times when a plan comes together in such a way that it almost seems pre-ordained. Skylar was going to be giving a presentation in early October at the University of Illinois here in my home town, and of course my first thought is how about coming on the show? And since Skylar was keen to visit Snake Road, what better recording venue than a campfire in the Shawnee National Forest? I've done a few of those as most of you know.  And of course, we're trading studio sound quality for a crackling fire and some katydids but that's some good ambience right there.  And the next day Skylar and I spent a little time walking on Snake Road, and that was a fun time to wrap up the whole experience. For those folks who want to salvage non-threatened DOR specimens in North Carolina to support the research efforts of Skylar and others , the point of contact is Jeff Beane at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. And thanks in advance! And for those folks interested in the book Emerging Zoonotic and Wildlife Pathogens, You can order our textbook here (paperback) or here (hardcover), or wherever you usually buy textbooks. The authors (Skylar, Dan Selkeld, and David Hayman) thank you in advance! Thanks for talking with me, Skylar!  And thanks for listening everyone! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, tips for herping better, etc. -Mike

Send us a textIn this episode of Runners of the Corn, we sit down with the new race directors of the Shawnee Hills 100, an epic event offering distances of 13 miles, 50K, 100K, and 100 miles through the scenic and rugged terrain of Shawnee National Forest. We dive into the race director's personal journey into running, what inspired them to take on this iconic race, and what runners can expect when signing up.We discuss the unique challenges and beauty of the Shawnee Hills course, tips for training and preparing for the event, and what sets this race apart from others. If you're curious about what goes on behind the scenes of a race or you're planning to tackle Shawnee Hills yourself, this episode is packed with insights, advice, and plenty of inspiration.Tune in for all the details on how to conquer this incredible race – and why Shawnee Hills might just be your next big adventure!http://www.shawneehills100.com/Be sure to follow us at facebook.com/RunnersOfTheCorn or instagram.com/runnersofthecorn

Ty and Skye talk about the recent clinic at High Knob Campground in Equality, IL and riding the Shawnee National Forest.

In this episode of the Moms of the Lou podcast, Rebekah talks about all the fun fall activities in St. Louis with contributing writer and content creator, Candice Meyer. Candice, a mom of two, shares her journey with St. Louis Mom and her family life, highlighting the challenges and joys of parenting children in the “middle” season of childhood. She recommends top fall activities in St. Louis, such as visiting Art Hill, City Garden, and Castlewood State Park for the best autumn leaves, and mentions her favorite apple and pumpkin picking spots like Eckert's Family Farms and Braeutigam's Orchards. Candice also suggests fall festivals like Legends & Lanterns and Ghouls in the Garden, and recommends day trips to Shawnee National Forest and Elephant Rocks State Park. Want to follow more adventures Candice recommends? Go give her a follow over on Instagram. And don't forget to check out our St. Louis Mom Fall Season Guide for more fall fun. Candice is a St. Louis native and loves exploring the amazing parks, museums, and restaurants that the city has to offer. She is married to her college sweetheart, and they have two children, Olivia and Ryan. Her passions include all things arts and crafts, planning special events, hiking trails sprinkled throughout the area, and documenting the beauty of everyday adventures with her family. In between shuffling her kids to school and various activities, you will likely find her drinking a cup of coffee, gathering ideas on Pinterest, researching destinations for their next family trip, listening to parenting podcasts, or dreaming up her next design project!We hope you enjoyed this podcast episode! To learn more about Moms of the Lou you can go to stlouismom.com or follow us on Instagram and Facebook. You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast and Spotify. And don't forget to rate and review so more people can tune in! This episode was produced by the St. Louis Mom. It was recorded and edited by Half Coast Studios in St. Louis, Missouri. Music composed by Trina Harger.

In this episode the IL Learn to Hunt crew go over their mentored hunt in the Shawnee National Forest. They talk about how they each split up taking groups of mentees out for some of their first turkey hunts. Dan then discusses how his wife's first North Season Segment Hunt went. Jason then talks about the crazy morning that he had that lead to him having some early season success! IL Learn to Hunt Links: https://linktr.ee/learntohuntil The University of Illinois' Illinois Learn to Hunt program provides FREE educational content, training webinars, and workshops to teach ADULT participants how to hunt deer, turkey, squirrels, pheasants, ducks, geese and other game. The Hunting Illinois podcast provides educational discussions with experts, review of animal ecology, hunting strategies, and so much more. Make sure to register for free webinars and workshops through our website and follow us on Facebook for any updates on the program and Illinois hunting in general. It is never too late to learn how to hunt!

Mike Pingleton returns to Snake Talk to discuss one of the greatest field herping destinations in North America, Snake Road. Dr. Jenkins has wanted to do a place-based field herping episode but had concerns about increasing visitation to sites or ‘spot burning'. Ultimately, Snake Road was the perfect destination to discuss, as it is widely known by field herpers and the general public alike. Mike and Chris talk about the landscape and the species of Snake Road, as well as the regulations in place that will keep this place such a special destination into the future. If you want to learn about this area and the unique ‘field herping camp' feeling of Snake Road, you are not going to want to miss this episode!Connect with Mike on his website, So Much Pingle.Connect with Chris on Facebook, Instagram or at The Orianne Society.Shop Snake Talk merch.

Nate explores the Max Creek Vortex! Max Creek Vortex Loop Trail Guide in the Shawnee National Forest (hikingwithshawn.com)Blog: Visit the Max Creek "Vortex" (10/28/10) | Southeast Missourian newspaper, Cape Girardeau, MO (semissourian.com)Max Creek Vortex Shawnee National Forest — Stephanie Susie PhotographyThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4555532/advertisement

John B. Wallace is a retired public land manager for the City of Carbondale at Cedar Lake and an environmental educator at Southern Illinois University's Touch of Nature Environmental Center. He is a founding member and president of the Shawnee Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society and a founding member of Shawnee Forest Defense and the Shawnee Park and Climate Alliance. He has been a forest activist working to protect the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois for more than three decades.

In this episode of the Econ Dev Show, host Dane Carlson sits down with Jennifer Olson, Director of Business Development for the city of Marion, Illinois, discussing the impact of her podcast "Small Town, Big Business" and delving into the economic development and revitalization efforts in her town. They discuss the challenges and rewards of running a successful podcast, the importance of small businesses in rural communities, and the significance of tourism in Marion. The episode begins with an insightful discussion about the "Small Town, Big Business" podcast, co-hosted by Jennifer Olson. Exploring the triumphs and tribulations of small businesses in rural areas, the podcast serves as a platform to inspire others towards entrepreneurship. Jennifer talks about the importance of consistency in releasing episodes, the impact of the podcast's storytelling on weaving deeper connections between local businesses and the community, and the often underestimated potency of mentorship in entrepreneurial success. Diving deeper, Dane and Jennifer touch on Marion's strategic position as a hub for industries like manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, and retail. Notwithstanding its relatively small population, Marion sees its size nearly doubled every day due to incoming commuters. With an upcoming jet service connecting the city to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, they articulate on the fresh wave of opportunities this development would bring. The dialogue then traverses to the extensive tourism potential of Marion, its resilient history symbolically termed "Little Eygpt," and the enduring relevance of attractions like the Shawnee National Forest and a developed wine trail. Like this show? Please leave us a review here (https://econdevshow.com/rate-this-podcast/) — even one sentence helps! Special Guest: Jennifer Olson.

Activists and co-founders of the Shawnee Forest Defense John Wallace and Karen Frailey join host Margaret Prescod for the hour to discuss recent developments in their campaign towards making the Shawnee Forest a national park and climate preserve. The Shawnee National Forest is located in Southern Illinois. The Shawnee National Forest encompasses a 289,000 acre area in southern Illinois stretching from the Mississippi River to the Ohio River which contains some of the most ecologically bio-diverse areas in the United States. Three decades ago, in the summer of 1990, activists from Earth First! occupied the Fairview Timber sale site in the Shawnee Forest which is located in Southern Illinois for 79 days — using their bodies to block the logging equipment and using legal strategies to challenge the harvesting of the lumber in court. This historic action has come to be known as the Shawnee Showdown. This relatively small group of activists were successful in stopping commercial logging in the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois for 17 years. But in 2013, the Forest Service won a motion to lift the injunction. But logging is back in Shawnee. Currently, thousands of acres at the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois are scheduled for logging operations. Shawnee is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which allows logging on public lands. The fight to save the Shawnee Forest continues today, with the most recent attempt by organizers to transfer the Shawnee National Forest out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's control and into the hands of the U.S. Department of the Interior, with a proposal that would establish Shawnee as a National Park and designate it as the nation's first climate preserve. The biggest gain from converting the forest into a national park and climate preserve is the elimination of commercial logging efforts and resource extraction.

Activists and co-founders of the Shawnee Forest Defense John Wallace and Karen Frailey join host Margaret Prescod for the hour to discuss recent developments in their campaign towards making the Shawnee Forest a national park and climate preserve. The Shawnee National Forest is located in Southern Illinois. The Shawnee National Forest encompasses a 289,000 acre area in southern Illinois stretching from the Mississippi River to the Ohio River which contains some of the most ecologically bio-diverse areas in the United States. Three decades ago, in the summer of 1990, activists from Earth First! occupied the Fairview Timber sale site in the Shawnee Forest which is located in Southern Illinois for 79 days — using their bodies to block the logging equipment and using legal strategies to challenge the harvesting of the lumber in court. This historic action has come to be known as the Shawnee Showdown. This relatively small group of activists were successful in stopping commercial logging in the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois for 17 years. But in 2013, the Forest Service won a motion to lift the injunction. But logging is back in Shawnee. Currently, thousands of acres at the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois are scheduled for logging operations. Shawnee is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which allows logging on public lands. The fight to save the Shawnee Forest continues today, with the most recent attempt by organizers to transfer the Shawnee National Forest out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's control and into the hands of the U.S. Department of the Interior, with a proposal that would establish Shawnee as a National Park and designate it as the nation's first climate preserve. The biggest gain from converting the forest into a national park and climate preserve is the elimination of commercial logging efforts and resource extraction.

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Today on Sojourner Truth, activists and co-founders of the Shawnee Forest Defense John Wallace and Karen Frailey join host Margaret Prescod for the hour to discuss recent developments in their campaign towards making the Shawnee Forest a national park and climate preserve. The Shawnee National Forest is located in Southern Illinois. The Shawnee National Forest encompasses a 289,000 acre area in southern Illinois stretching from the Mississippi River to the Ohio River which contains some of the most ecologically bio-diverse areas in the United States. Three decades ago, in the summer of 1990, activists from Earth First! occupied the Fairview Timber sale site in the Shawnee Forest which is located in Southern Illinois for 79 days — using their bodies to block the logging equipment and using legal strategies to challenge the harvesting of the lumber in court. This historic action has come to be known as the Shawnee Showdown. This relatively small group of activists were successful in stopping commercial logging in the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois for 17 years. But in 2013, the Forest Service won a motion to lift the injunction. But logging is back in Shawnee. Currently, thousands of acres at the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois are scheduled for logging operations. Shawnee is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which allows logging on public lands. The fight to save the Shawnee Forest continues today, with the most recent attempt by organizers to transfer the Shawnee National Forest out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's control and into the hands of the U.S. Department of the Interior, with a proposal that would establish Shawnee as a National Park and designate it as the nation's first climate preserve. The biggest gain from converting the forest into a national park and climate preserve is the elimination of commercial logging efforts and resource extraction.

Today on Sojourner Truth, activists and co-founders of the Shawnee Forest Defense John Wallace and Karen Frailey join host Margaret Prescod for the hour to discuss recent developments in their campaign towards making the Shawnee Forest a national park and climate preserve. The Shawnee National Forest is located in Southern Illinois. The Shawnee National Forest encompasses a 289,000 acre area in southern Illinois stretching from the Mississippi River to the Ohio River which contains some of the most ecologically bio-diverse areas in the United States. Three decades ago, in the summer of 1990, activists from Earth First! occupied the Fairview Timber sale site in the Shawnee Forest which is located in Southern Illinois for 79 days — using their bodies to block the logging equipment and using legal strategies to challenge the harvesting of the lumber in court. This historic action has come to be known as the Shawnee Showdown. This relatively small group of activists were successful in stopping commercial logging in the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois for 17 years. But in 2013, the Forest Service won a motion to lift the injunction. But logging is back in Shawnee. Currently, thousands of acres at the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois are scheduled for logging operations. Shawnee is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which allows logging on public lands. The fight to save the Shawnee Forest continues today, with the most recent attempt by organizers to transfer the Shawnee National Forest out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's control and into the hands of the U.S. Department of the Interior, with a proposal that would establish Shawnee as a National Park and designate it as the nation's first climate preserve. The biggest gain from converting the forest into a national park and climate preserve is the elimination of commercial logging efforts and resource extraction.

Creativity flourishes on some Illinois farms with multiple opportunities for fall fun, from live entertainment, to food trucks, to haunted corn mazes added to traditional things like apple and pumpkin picking. In Part II of our II-part series, Jenny & Scott Schroeder with The Peachbarn Winery & Cafe describe what they have to offer in Illinois' Shawnee National Forest, along with Jenna Spychal with Jonamac Orchard at the opposite end of our state.

Every spring and fall, there’s a great snake migration in the Shawnee National Forest.

Shawnee Showdown, a film by Cade Bursell, was screened at the Yale Environmental film festival earlier this year. It documents the colorful and successful protests to prevent logging in the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The protests along with legal efforts were successful in winning a 17 year moratorium on logging. Now, activists are working to make the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois, the first climate preserve in the United States. The designation would prevent logging and other resource extraction from disturbing the forest in order to allow it to continue to act as a natural and highly effective carbon sink. Supporters argue that allowing natural forest and public lands to stand is an efficient and necessary tool in fighting climate change. In this episode of Breaking green, we will talk with John Wallace who is working to make the Shawnee National Forest, the nation's first climate Preserve.Wallace is a former public land and municipal water source manager, John also worked as an environmental educator from Southern Illinois University's Touch of Nature Environmental Center.  As a forest activist on the Shawnee National Forest and public land in and around the southern Illinois region for 33 years, he has taken on public awareness campaigns, tackled pro se litigation and participated in non-violent direct action in defense of the natural world.  John is a founding member of the Shawnee Forest Defense! and the 28 -year-old Shawnee Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society (IAS).   He is currently the Shawnee Audubon Chapter president and serves on the Land Acquisition and Sanctuary Committee of IAS, the oldest, non-governmental conservation organization in Illinois.   John has served as a volunteer land steward for IAS, has a BS in Plant and Soil Science from SIU and has been known to portray the writer, mountaineer and conservationist, John Muir, in living history performances.This podcast is produced by Global Justice Ecology Project.To become a sponsor of Breaking Green click here.You can learn more about saving the Shawnee National Forest at shawneeforestdefense.org.See the trailer for Shawnee Showdown at trailer.See photos from the 1990s blockade in the Shawnee at Langelle Photography.Breaking Green is made possible by tax deductible donations from people like you. Please help us lift up the voices of those working to protect forests, defend human rights and expose false solutions.  Simply text GIVE to 1 716 257 4187.

Welcome to the Lace Up and Run Podcast. We believe in a fun and active lifestyle with a primary focus on running and hiking. There is a supply of bourbon in the podcast studio so there is pretty much a guarantee there might be some of Kentucky's finest consumed during the show.Episode 22: Our guest on the show is Shawn Gossman with Hiking With Shawn. Shawn shares the story of what led him to be involved in cycling and hiking the Shawnee National Forest. Shawn's passion for cycling and hiking eventually evolved into the popular Hiking With Shawn Youtube channel. Shawn provides guiding, does public speaking and writes several blogs. Shawn has provided many guided tours to the well known "Snake Road" area of the forest. Shawn provides details of many of his favorite trails, but the reality of it is, there are way too many hiking trails throughout the Shawnee that we simply could not cover them all. Maybe a part 2 coming in the future.Find Shawn at one of the two following links:Hiking With Shawne WebsiteHiking with Shawn YouTube#PushYourLimits Register for Shawnee Hills: use code "rtssave10" for a discountWebsite: runtosucceedsports.comFacebook: @runtosucceedInstagram: @runtosucceedEmail: LaceUpandRunPodcast@gmail.com

Three decades ago, in the summer of 1990, activists from Earth First! occupied the Fairview Timber sale site in the Shawnee Forest— which is located in Southern Illinois for 79 days — using their bodies to block the logging equipment and using legal strategies to challenge the harvesting of the lumber in court. This historic action has come to be known as the Shawnee Showdown. This relatively small group of activists were successful in stopping commercial logging in the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois for 17 years. But in 2013, the Forest Service won a motion to lift the injunction. Currently, thousands of acres at the Shawnee National Forest are scheduled for logging operations. Shawnee is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, they allow logging on public lands, wood is then sold to logging companies at a price that is below market value. The fight to save the Shawnee Forest continues today, with the most recent attempt by organizers to transfer the Shawnee National Forest out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's control and into the hands of the U.S. Department of the Interior, with a proposal that would establish Shawnee as a National Park and designate it as the nation's first climate preserve. Today on Sojourner Truth, we continue our Earth week coverage with our round panel. Our guests are three ecologists: John Wallace, Steve Taylor and Orin Langelle, that took part in the Shawnee Showdown nearly 30 years ago, joining us today to discuss their experience and the present fight to establish the Shawnee Forest as the nation's first climate preserve.

Three decades ago, in the summer of 1990, activists from Earth First! occupied the Fairview Timber sale site in the Shawnee Forest— which is located in Southern Illinois for 79 days — using their bodies to block the logging equipment and using legal strategies to challenge the harvesting of the lumber in court. This historic action has come to be known as the Shawnee Showdown. This relatively small group of activists were successful in stopping commercial logging in the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois for 17 years. But in 2013, the Forest Service won a motion to lift the injunction. Currently, thousands of acres at the Shawnee National Forest are scheduled for logging operations. Shawnee is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, they allow logging on public lands, wood is then sold to logging companies at a price that is below market value. The fight to save the Shawnee Forest continues today, with the most recent attempt by organizers to transfer the Shawnee National Forest out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's control and into the hands of the U.S. Department of the Interior, with a proposal that would establish Shawnee as a National Park and designate it as the nation's first climate preserve. Today on Sojourner Truth, we continue our Earth week coverage with our round panel. Our guests are three ecologists: John Wallace, Steve Taylor and Orin Langelle, that took part in the Shawnee Showdown nearly 30 years ago, joining us today to discuss their experience and the present fight to establish the Shawnee Forest as the nation's first climate preserve.

This week we discuss the fight to keep rivers open to the public, despite the fight from private land owners trying to keep it all to themselves. The DuPage River is what especially comes to mind because for several Chicagoans, it is a gem so close to home. Several homeowners on the river are trying to take away your access in a selfish land grab. In the news this week we have more avian flu in Wisconsin, turning Shawnee National Forest in to a National Park, large private musky stocking in Indiana, and reporting tagged walleye to Michigan DNR. Kelsey's Korner is a major controversial issue surround nurses and jail time and what nurses are thinking of this situation. Remember if you can hear this podcast that means you can be on it, email us at whistlemissionpodcast@gmail.com and thanks for listening!!! Whistlemissionoutdoors.com Instagram Whistle_Mission_Outdoors --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jim-miller00/support

Three decades ago, the Shawnee National Forest was the focus of fierce battles over commercial logging on public lands. A new documentary by filmmaker Cade Bursell revisits that history and calls attention to new efforts to preserve the forest. Bursell discusses the film alongside longtime environmental activist John Wallace.

Welcome to the Lace Up and Run Podcast. We believe in a fun and active lifestyle with a primary focus on running and hiking. There is a supply of bourbon in the podcast studio so there is pretty much a guarantee there might be some of Kentucky's finest consumed during the show.Episode 18:Big race announcement - Wicked Pig Ultra coming on December 10th.RTS Sports will be hosting this Ultra Event on the Southern Illinois River to River Trail. The River to River Trail is a 160 mile trail that serves the Shawnee National Forest in far southern Illinois. It will be divided into 4 sections over four years. Therefore, if you complete all four sections, you will have completed the entire River to River Trail. The first year will be approximately a 60K. Don't like the word "approximate?" Welcome to our wicked ways. The trail is both wicked and beautiful…wickedly beautiful?The race will start when the Race Director's eat their piece of bacon followed by a wicked whisky shooter! We are only waiting for the official approval documentation to arrive in the mail before we go full launch!As if that announcement wasn't enough, Tim and Lindsey discuss the Barkley Marathon and the Land Between the Lakes (LBL) 50 Miler. Register for Shawnee Hills: use code "rtssave10" for a discountWebsite: runtosucceedsports.comFacebook: @runtosucceedInstagram: @runtosucceed

Hey, y'all, and welcome to Southern Macabre! I'm Aeryn and I'm so glad you tuned in today! This episode was a lot of fun to research and write so I think you're going to enjoy it. It may even be a little bit educational, but in a fun way.     Are cryptids paranormal? Absolutely! A cryptid is a creature whose existence has been suggested, but lacks scientific fact. The definition of paranormal is denoting events or phenomena such as telekinesis or clairvoyance that are beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding. Each of these creatures, like haints and ghosts, make amazing camping stories – especially in the south.   Before I tell you about southern cryptids, I want to point out that these creatures were often used to keep children from exploring the woods. Over time, people would tell of blood thirsty creatures lurking just beyond their tent on camping trips.   I'm going to start with the most famous, or is it infamous?, cryptid. Bigfoot. Of course, Bigfoot sightings aren't just in the south. There is a Bigfoot statue in Shawnee National Forest in Herod, Illinois. Lots of drunks out in the woods have seen a tall ape man with large feet all over the world. Okay, maybe not just drunks.   Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, has been spoken of in the United States for centuries and was a popular tale among Native Americans, loggers, miners, fur trappers, prospectors, and others far braver than I. There are even cave paintings in California resembling this biped.   Bigfoot is said to be a biped (he walks on two feet like most humans), he's between six and nine feet tall, and is covered in black, brown, or reddish colored hair. He is typically described as broad shouldered, with no neck, and long arms.   Michael Rugg, owner of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Northern California, claims to have smelled Bigfoot, stating, "Imagine a skunk that had rolled around in dead animals and had hung around the garbage pits".   I have actually had encounters with Sasquatch and asked him to be a guest, but my teenage son doesn't think I'm funny and refused. This guy is fourteen with longish hair, a moustache, he's 6'5” tall, and weighs 205 pounds. Also, when he's in his, “I don't need to shower” mood he has an odor similar to what Michael Rugg described. What does that sound like to y'all?   In all seriousness, below the Mason-Dixon line you often here Sasquatch referred to as the Skunk Ape because of that smell Mr. Rugg described. A lot of people have claimed to encounter that smell before fleeing from the area it was coming from.   Other names for Sasquatch/Bigfoot in the south are the Alabama Screamer (apparently he screams ‘round these parts), Skunk Ape (mainly in Florida and other southern states), Wood Booger in Virginia, and Honey Island Swamp Monster in Louisiana. I've called him Sasquatch for as long as I've been able to pronounce it.   The Alabama Screamer has helped us get our kids out of their swimming pool late at night more times than I can remember. For some reason if it's completely silent they get even more scared and bolt for the house faster. Simply telling them to get out never works, but tell them you see glowing red eyes or you heard something does the trick. Even my youngest who calls my bluff and isn't afraid of anything gets out and heads inside with the others.   Here in Alabama we have the Bankhead National Forest and it is massive! Lots of people visit to bird watch, camp, and hike the many miles of trails. My family and I wanted to camp there, but most Bigfoot sightings seem to occur in Bankhead National Forest. I'm a sceptic, but I don't really want to be proven wrong. If that makes sense.   My husband was traveling through Bankhead National Forest at night a whi --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Karla Flannery, the Deputy Director of the Illinois Department of Tourism, joins Bob to give us a little bit of knowledge about some getaways close to home that you can easily visit with the remaining time left this fall. Some spots include Galena’s Arrowhead Treehouse, Shawnee National Forest, and Fright Fest at Six Flags.

Economic investment, and the jobs that follow, tends to happen in predominantly white communities. The opposite is true in Black neighborhoods. On this episode of Statewide, we examine what's behind the disparity. And we look back three decades at a protest in the Shawnee National Forest.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Environmental Network has called for a postponement of the upcoming COP26. The UN governmental conference on the environment scheduled to be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland. This, amid the growing environmental catastrophe. We find out what's behind that call from Alberto Saldamando, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Counsel on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. Barney Bush, a Shawnee/Cayuga poet, activist and educator, has died. We pay tribute to him as we hear some of his words from his keynote speech to the 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence gathering in Shawnee National Forest.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Environmental Network has called for a postponement of the upcoming COP26. The UN governmental conference on the environment scheduled to be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland. This, amid the growing environmental catastrophe. We find out what's behind that call from Alberto Saldamando, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Counsel on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. Barney Bush, a Shawnee/Cayuga poet, activist and educator, has died. We pay tribute to him as we hear some of his words from his keynote speech to the 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence gathering in Shawnee National Forest.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Environmental Network has called for a postponement of the upcoming COP26. The UN governmental conference on the environment scheduled to be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland. This, amid the growing environmental catastrophe. We find out what's behind that call from Alberto Saldamando, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Counsel on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. Barney Bush, a Shawnee/Cayuga poet, activist and educator, has died. We pay tribute to him as we hear some of his words from his keynote speech to the 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence gathering in Shawnee National Forest.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Environmental Network has called for a postponement of the upcoming COP26. The UN governmental conference on the environment scheduled to be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland. This, amid the growing environmental catastrophe. We find out what's behind that call from Alberto Saldamando, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Counsel on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. Barney Bush, a Shawnee/Cayuga poet, activist and educator, has died. We pay tribute to him as we hear some of his words from his keynote speech to the 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence gathering in Shawnee National Forest.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Environmental Network has called for a postponement of the upcoming COP26. The UN governmental conference on the environment scheduled to be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland. This, amid the growing environmental catastrophe. We find out what's behind that call from Alberto Saldamando, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Counsel on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. Barney Bush, a Shawnee/Cayuga poet, activist and educator, has died. We pay tribute to him as we hear some of his words from his keynote speech to the 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence gathering in Shawnee National Forest.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Environmental Network has called for a postponement of the upcoming COP26. The UN governmental conference on the environment scheduled to be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland. This, amid the growing environmental catastrophe. We find out what's behind that call from Alberto Saldamando, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Counsel on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. Barney Bush, a Shawnee/Cayuga poet, activist and educator, has died. We pay tribute to him as we hear some of his words from his keynote speech to the 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence gathering in Shawnee National Forest.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Environmental Network has called for a postponement of the upcoming COP26. The UN governmental conference on the environment scheduled to be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland. This, amid the growing environmental catastrophe. We find out what's behind that call from Alberto Saldamando, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Counsel on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. Barney Bush, a Shawnee/Cayuga poet, activist and educator, has died. We pay tribute to him as we hear some of his words from his keynote speech to the 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence gathering in Shawnee National Forest.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Environmental Network has called for a postponement of the upcoming COP26. The UN governmental conference on the environment scheduled to be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland. This, amid the growing environmental catastrophe. We find out what's behind that call from Alberto Saldamando, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Counsel on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. Barney Bush, a Shawnee/Cayuga poet, activist and educator, has died. We pay tribute to him as we hear some of his words from his keynote speech to the 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence gathering in Shawnee National Forest.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Environmental Network has called for a postponement of the upcoming COP26. The UN governmental conference on the environment scheduled to be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland. This, amid the growing environmental catastrophe. We find out what's behind that call from Alberto Saldamando, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Counsel on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. Barney Bush, a Shawnee/Cayuga poet, activist and educator, has died. We pay tribute to him as we hear some of his words from his keynote speech to the 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence gathering in Shawnee National Forest.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Thousands of Haitians are being deported by the Biden Administration. Video has emerged of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing down Haitians on horseback and whipping them. One can be heard referring to Haiti as a s-hole country. What's going on? Our guest is Nana Gyamfi, an attorney, consultant, educator, activist, the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and the President of the National Conference of Black Lawyers. The Indigenous Environmental Network has called for a postponement of the upcoming COP26. The UN governmental conference on the environment scheduled to be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland. This, amid the growing environmental catastrophe. We find out what's behind that call from Alberto Saldamando, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Counsel on Climate Change and Indigenous and Human Rights. Barney Bush, a Shawnee/Cayuga poet, activist and educator, has died. We pay tribute to him as we hear some of his words from his keynote speech to the 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence gathering in Shawnee National Forest.

This week on the HUNTR Podcast, Tyler Jones and K.C. Smith from  @The Element  joined Jeremy and Jared. The four of them talked about OnX maps, Texas hunting, hunting out-of-state, and the Shawnee National Forest.

On EP. 71 of the Men of Iron Podcast, we begin our discussion on the "5 Ways to Fight Discouragement & Confusion." Join Chad on this solo cast as he shares his own story of getting lost in the Shawnee National Forest. Men, we go through stages of discouragement and confusion, or feeling stuck and powerless in our situation. When we we feel stuck, it goes against our natural wiring as men because we are geared for results. Without results we end up discouraged, and without a path forward we become confused. How can we keep from getting discouraged? Chad breaks down 5 ways to fight discouragement and confusion. "Patiently waiting for God to move is not the same thing as passivity." // Chad Zueck We are growing an audience and we need your help. Share this on your social media feeds, subscribe and rate/review on Apple Podcasts! To get further connected with Men of Iron, here are some options: Follow “Men of Iron” on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Share it with friends on your social media feeds. Join our private, men's Facebook group – www.facebook.com/groups/amenofironcommunity. This is a group for men who desire to lead their families, churches, and communities with passion and excellence. It is a place to be sharpened. An outlet for accountability, prayer, encouragement, and praise. At Men of Iron we equip men to know God and their purpose by providing tools and training for growth in their faith, family, friends, fitness and finances. Find more at www.menofiron.org. EP. 71 is brought to you by Brookside Brothers. Brookside Brothers are a full-service residential remodeler serving the Lancaster, PA area since 1999. They've tackled many jobs big and small and will work with you through the entire process to ensure you get the exact space that you've been dreaming of. Check them out on Instagram at brookside.brothers to see some of their amazing work. Go to brooksidebrothers.com for your next home project.

You are tuning into a special series, The Tidbit Takes the Road. In October 2020 Kim Bryden, CEO of Cureate and Host of The Tidbit, decided to hit the road on a cross-country listening tour to learn more about how non-coastal small businesses and small towns had been faring in 2020. How were they adapting and innovating? What new ways were people thinking about the economy? On this episode of The Tidbit Takes the Road, we sit down with Marika Josephson, Co-Founder and Master Brewer at Scratch Brewing Company, a farmhouse brewery located five miles from the Shawnee National Forest in Ava, Illinois. "Named one of the top four breweries for foraged beer by Outside Magazine, and one of the most beautiful places to drink beer in the world by All About Beer Magazine, Scratch Brewing Company focuses on farmhouse beers and other styles brewed with home grown and locally farmed and foraged ingredients. The brewery has an ever rotating selection of styles enhanced by the innovative addition of local ingredients, such as nettle, elderberry, ginger, dandelion, maple sap, hickory, lavender, juniper, and chanterelle mushrooms." We chat about the importance of local supply chains, staying true to your vision, and the lesser-seen and known parts of production and supply chain.

Today, I’ll be speaking with Carol Hoffman about many of the incredible adventures possible in Shawnee National Forest country in Southern Illinois. Join Carol and me as we zip through the canopy, ride horseback, hike, bike, spend time on the lake, rock climb, rappel and paint with Alpacas, all in Illinois’ only National Forest!   About Carol Hoffman Carol is a birdwatcher, hiker, and all-around nature enthusiast. She has been promoting the scenic beauty of Shawnee forest country for 25 years. Learn more about Shawnee National Forest and Giant City State Park at SouthernmostIllinois.com or call their toll-free number for more information at 1-800-SEE-IT-HERE.   What We Cover in this Episode What makes the Shawnee National Forest area so different than the rest of the prairie state of Illinois. Why the Giant City State Park area can give you the biggest bang for your buck when visiting this area. The best and worst time of year to visit Shawnee National Forest, Illinois. Why this area is “not an amusement park, where everything is safety checked. This is mother nature.” Where to stay when visiting Shawnee National Forest and Giant City State Park, including an upscale boutique option. The best places for coffee and pastries near Shawnee National Forest and Giant City State Park. The best places to zip around in the canopy, ride horseback, bike, spend time on the lake, rock climb, and rappel. The best meal to order for lunch at the rustic Giant City Lodge. A not-to-be-missed Instagram worth lookout spot. Why the visitor center is worth a stop. The best trails to hike in Giant City State Park. A Mother-Daughter run ranch where you can paint or do yoga with alpacas! The best local wineries to wind down at after a long day outdoors. The best spot for dinner in the Shawnee National Forest area. The best Instagram locations in Shawnee National Forest. Quotes Carol: Within that area, you’ll find a lot of hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, outdoor opportunities… The topography is very different than the rest of the prairie state of Illinois. We have a lot of Rocky Bluffs, scenic overlooks, dense forests, so a lot of the opportunity is very different than the rest of the state. Carol: Giant City [has] a lot of different opportunities very close together that can be easily reached in under 30 minutes. Whether you [want] to be up in the canopy of the trees, or on horseback, or on a lake, or hiking in the forest, it [has] all those opportunities right there together, easily accessible. Giant City State Park is a treasure trove of outdoor recreation, breathtaking views, hiking among plants and animals, fishing, hunting, boating, kayaking, swimming, even rock climbing, and rappelling are options in Giant City State Park. Carol: This is not an amusement park where everything is safety checked. This is mother nature. So you do have to take care and caution on your own, out on the trails. Links to Places Mentioned in this Episode:   Where to stay when visiting Shawnee National Forest: Carol: It depends… Do you want to stroll right on the trails in the park, or do you want to be in the small town and walk downtown? In Giant City State Park option: Giant City State Park Cabins Carol: Giant City State Park has 34 cabins in the park, three different styles of cabins to choose from. They range from the older, rustic, one-room cabins to a little bit more elite cabins that are out on the bluffs at the park. The cabins are kind of rustic. There are no cooking facilities in them. You can grill out at picnic grounds, of course, in the park, but the lodge is walking distance and a great place to have a nice [breakfast, lunch, or dinner]. In Giant City State Park option: Giant City State Park Lodge Carol: The lodge is a rustic, cabin-feel atmosphere, you know, high beam ceilings and a very rustic, outdoorsy feel. So that’s an experience in and of itself. It has a little gift shop and a lounge and sitting area to enjoy the park. Downtown Anna option: Davie School Inn Carol: If you wanted a more upscale option… in Anna, there is the very unique Davie School Inn that is right at the edge of [Giant City State Park],... and walking distance to downtown. [It’s] a renovated school transformed into a boutique inn. Other Shawnee National Forest Cabin Rentals & Cabins Near Shawnee National Forest: Check out listings for other Shawnee National Forest Cabins options on Airbnb. Giant City State Park Camping: Little Grassy Lake Campground and Marina   Outdoor Adventures Mentioned in this Episode: Zip through the canopy on a Shawnee Bluffs Canopy Tour. Take a horseback trail ride from Giant City Stables. Climb the spiral staircase on the Giant City water tower. Hike the Trillium trail or the Giant City Nature Trail in Giant City State Park, or any of the many other Shawnee National Forest hiking trails. Meet alpacas up close at Rolling Oak Alpaca Ranch or sign up for Alpaca Yoga Classes or Alpaca Painting Classes. Bike through the park via an eBike from Shawnee Hills eBike Rentals. Kayak, Canoe, Camp, and Fish at Little Grassy Lake Campground and Marina. Rock climb and rappel in Giant City State Park.   Shawnee National Forest Restaurants & Wineries Mentioned in this Episode: Kiki’s Coffeehouse Davis Pastry Giant City State Park Lodge & Restaurant Blue Sky Vineyard StarView Vineyards Brick House Grill   Shawnee National Forest Instagram Photo Spots Mentioned in this Episode: Devil’s Stand Table Giant City Water Tower Bald Knob Cross Inspiration Point   Thanks for Listening! We love our listeners! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a comment below and let me know about your favorite part! If you’ve been enjoying the show, please also consider leaving me a review in Apple Podcasts. It’s super easy; click here and go to “ratings and reviews.” I read and appreciate every single one! Each review helps new listeners find the podcast. Thank you!! Follow Cinders Travels on Facebook or Locals Knows Best Podcast on Instagram for Locals Know Best updates.   

Olivia hosts her first repeat guest, Libby, to discuss villainous presidents, backpacking, and Shawnee National Forest.

BACON...Is feral hog hunting coming to Illinois? The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will probably tell you no. There are feral hogs in Illinois. IDNR identified a hog population in the Lusk Creek Wilderness Area of the Shawnee National Forest this past spring and went in to eradicate them. Feral Swine does 1.5 billion dollars worth of damage annually across the country and it requires a 70% decrease in their population annually to control them. Did I mention BACON?... 

Hey there everyone!  Welcome to Episode Twenty Four!  Thanks for your patience, I had a lot of crazy stuff going on over the past couple of weeks!  I think I'm back on track again and I plan on releasing another episode next week for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.  This week's guest is my friend and co-author, Josh Holbrook, and this past October I got to sit around a campfire with Josh, down in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois, and we had a nice fireside chat. The picture of Josh that I chose for these show notes was taken down in the Peruvian rainforest last March.  Josh is an ecologist who specializes in wetlands, and he was in the process of setting a series of aquatic traps in a small forest creek.  Looking at the photo, I think it's safe to say that Josh was having a pretty good time! FUTURE SHOW NOTE:   My request for herp jargon is coming to an end – the window closes after this weekend!  I’ve got a neat little pile, but I could use a little more!  Get those pithy phrases and clever words to me via the show email below, and we’ll get a future episode together from the results! STATE OF THE PODCAST NOTE:  I'm still working on making some merchandise available, and I hope to have that and a Patreon supporter page available soon!  Thanks for your patience! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming!  The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there’s also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, salad recipes, tips for herping better, etc. Stay tuned for more episodes! And don’t forget to herp better! -Mike  

Harry and Carly went on a trip this week. Come hear about it. Harry talks about city building games and the uncanny worlds that simulations create. Then, Carly talks about Bigfoot sightings in and around Shawnee National Forest. Listen in to find out whether our hosts saw any while they were there. Magnasanti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTJQTc-TqpU Instagram: @knownunknownspodcast Twitter: @UnknownsPod knownunknownspodcast.com

Dave recounts his vacation to The Great Smoky Mountains, The Shawnee National Forest and Belmont University during the intro talk, while Jeff recounts his recent Sword of Rome game. In the Box is the Starter Kit Expansion Pack #2.  This expansion includes the new Chinese, some new Japanese, and the first overlays for SK Advanced Squad Leader players. Two boards, eight scenarios, and some new

This week, we are driving to Southern Illinois to a store in Marion that carries a large collection of western gear, and then we are mesmerized by the views at Garden of the Gods in Shawnee National Forest. We also visit a 1753 fort in Prairie Du Rocher, IL and end the day in Shelbyville, IL to see 108 foot high dam. Send a voice message at: anchor.fm/karina-kosmala/message

Friends and teammates: This past weekend finished like it always does on Sunday FUNday ... only better! I got to spend time with my boys, family, and friends in the Shawnee National Forest. There I was refreshed on many of life's lessons that I share with you in today's episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thomas-webb2/message

This dawn chorus was recorded during the early morning of May 11, 2019 in seldom visited Ripple Hollow within the Shawnee National Forest of Illinois using a Sound Devices MixPre6 digital audio recorder and two Sennheiser MKH20 omnidirectional microphones placed in a homemade binaural housing. Bird species heard include (in rough order of appearance): Scarlet Tanager, Wood Thrush, Acadian Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, Northern Cardinal, Louisiana Waterthrush, Northern Parula, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Veery, Wild Turkey, White-eyed Vireo, Ovenbird, Tufted Titmouse, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Carolina Wren, Hairy Woodpecker, Red-eyed Vireo, Kentucky Warbler, Carolina Chickadee, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Tennessee Warbler, American Crow, Baltimore Oriole, Swainson's Thrush, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, White-breasted Nuthatch, and Pileated Woodpecker. Wear headphones for the best listening experience. Enjoy! This recording was made while working on the 'Voices of a Flyway' project. Recordings were made under permits issued by the park and for the purpose of science and education.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Conversations in Southern Illinois is a six-part series that highlights conversations with residents, farmers and environmentalists of rural Southern Illinois, home to Shawnee National Forest. It is part of a new occasional Sojourner Truth series bridging the rural-urban divide in the U.S. The Shawnee National Forest, which consists of about 280,000 acres of federally managed lands, is the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. There are seven officially designated wilderness areas lying within Shawnee National Forest. In the 1990s, early environmentalists with Earth First! joined local Southern Illinois residents and took direct action to stop logging in the forest. Their actions resulted in a 17 year moratorium on logging in the forest, saving thousands of trees and greatly benefiting the surrounding community. That struggle was an inspiration to the newly growing environmental movement. But now that moratorium has been lifted and logging restarted. In the past few years, grassroots environmental protection groups have formed to protect these lands. Today, residents are again mobilizing to protect the environment in the region. Groups including: Friends of Bell Smith Springs, SNAG (Shawnee Natural Area Guardians), SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment), and Shawnee Forest Defense! have come together to challenge most recent threats to the Shawnee National Forest and to other parts of Southern Illinois. In October 2019, the Shawnee Forest Defense! The Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others co-sponsored The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence at the forest. The Sojourner Truth team covered the event. After the Convergence, I returned to the area to meet with local residents, including environmentalists.

Bill Crook and Wendy Allen radiate the splendor of life much like the mandalas that Wendy creates.  Bill has taught art at Benedictine University, Lincoln College, and Lincoln Land Community College.  He founded Prairie Press in 1990.  His printing method uses relief photoengraving plates which are made from his pen and ink originals.  Over the years, Bill's art work has spanned such diverse subjects as street scenes, cliffs in the Shawnee National Forest, and the Rod Blagojevich  impeachment hearings.  He recently published a new book of art and his work can be found at www.williamcrookjr.com. Wendy received her Masters in Counseling from the University of Iowa and was an art therapist for many years.  Her artistic development mirrors her own spiritual development.  She has written that "as my mind has slowed and quieted through the years of my spiritual practice, I have experienced a downloading of creative inspiration.  I attempt to express through my art the sacred Presence that I experience on the inner.  The creative process for me is a dialogue between me, the art, and Source.  I want my pieces to communicate the fragrance of this "Presence."  Then it may be possible for the viewer to follow this fragrance back to his or her higher Sacred Self." For more information about Wendy's art, please see her website:  www.awakenedheartart.com  or follow her on Facebook.  

Hashtag 59's Season 3 Podcast is 50 Episodes long and each episode will provide FIVE outdoor adventures in each of the US's 50 states. We are doing these episodes in ABC Order of the states and episode thirteen is Illinois. The goal is to give you ideas and opportunities to experience outdoor adventure anywhere and everywhere in the United States of America. Here's our list for Illinois: 1. Garden of the Gods in Shawnee National Forest in the southern tip of the state. At Garden of the Gods, you'll hike through dramatic rock formations, perched atop large rolling hills with spectacular views of the forest. 2. Explore Starved Rock State Park. Starved Rock’s hiking trails meander through towering trees, scenic overlooks and beautiful rock formations. The park is home to 18 canyons and more than 13 miles of hiking trails that take you by waterfalls, sandstone overhangs, and bluffs. You’re also likely to spot stunning wildlife along the way. 3. Take an architecture boat or walking tour in Chicago. Chicago is known around the world for its architecture. Visit iconic skyscrapers, elegant hotels or the legendary houses of Frank Lloyd Wright. The Chicago Architecture Center has over 85 tours to choose from! Kayak the Urban Jungle perhaps too. 4. Pere Marquette State Park. Largest state park in Illinois. Frequent nesting spot for bald eagles hike and bird the day away! 5. Xterra Illinois Wilds Tri. Run with a wolf pack, swim with the fishes at Wildlife Prairie Park. 6. Blo No Illinois! Learn more here: https://www.hashtag59.com/hashtag-59-blog/2018/7/29/hitting-the-road-and-hitting-the-trails-in-blono-illinois Thanks for listening to Season 3 of our podcast featuring all 50 US States and some of each state's unique and hopefully lesser known to you Outdoor Adventures. This episode featured the state of Illinois. Subscribe to our podcast if you enjoy what you hear and if you feel so inclined to leave a review we would be grateful. Check out www.Hashtag59.com for our old podcast seasons, hundreds of blogs, & outdoor events/team outings info.

Today on Sojourner Truth, an exclusive one-hour interview with Winnie Overbeek, a Brazilian environmentalist who has supported forest and land defenders around the world. Overbeek is the International Coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement. He is based in the Brazilian town of Vitoria in the Espirito Santo state. He is also an active member of NGO Cepedes and the Brazilian Alert against the Green Desert Network providing support to communities affected by against large scale tree plantations and other large-scale (agro) industrial projects. We spoke to Overbeek during the North American Forest & Climate Convergence at the Shawnee National Forest from Oct. 11-14, 2019.

Today on Sojourner Truth, an exclusive one-hour interview with Winnie Overbeek, a Brazilian environmentalist who has supported forest and land defenders around the world. Overbeek is the International Coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement. He is based in the Brazilian town of Vitoria in the Espirito Santo state. He is also an active member of NGO Cepedes and the Brazilian Alert against the Green Desert Network providing support to communities affected by against large scale tree plantations and other large-scale (agro) industrial projects. We spoke to Overbeek during the North American Forest & Climate Convergence at the Shawnee National Forest from Oct. 11-14, 2019.

Today on Sojourner Truth, an exclusive one-hour interview with Winnie Overbeek, a Brazilian environmentalist who has supported forest and land defenders around the world. Overbeek is the International Coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement. He is based in the Brazilian town of Vitoria in the Espirito Santo state. He is also an active member of NGO Cepedes and the Brazilian Alert against the Green Desert Network providing support to communities affected by against large scale tree plantations and other large-scale (agro) industrial projects. We spoke to Overbeek during the North American Forest & Climate Convergence at the Shawnee National Forest from Oct. 11-14, 2019.

Today on Sojourner Truth, an exclusive one-hour interview with Winnie Overbeek, a Brazilian environmentalist who has supported forest and land defenders around the world. Overbeek is the International Coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement. He is based in the Brazilian town of Vitoria in the Espirito Santo state. He is also an active member of NGO Cepedes and the Brazilian Alert against the Green Desert Network providing support to communities affected by against large scale tree plantations and other large-scale (agro) industrial projects. We spoke to Overbeek during the North American Forest & Climate Convergence at the Shawnee National Forest from Oct. 11-14, 2019.

Today on Sojourner Truth, a roundtable discussion with small farmers from across the country who work to maintain food sovereignty, sustainable agriculture and environmental protections. Our panelists are Dennis Connolly of the Shawnee Forest Defense, John Zippert of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, Barbara Shookman of the Rural Coalition, and Steven Bartlett of the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance. This discussion was recorded at the 2019 North American Forest & Climate Convergence at the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. The Convergence was held from Oct. 11-14.

Today on Sojourner Truth, a roundtable discussion with small farmers from across the country who work to maintain food sovereignty, sustainable agriculture and environmental protections. Our panelists are Dennis Connolly of the Shawnee Forest Defense, John Zippert of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, Barbara Shookman of the Rural Coalition, and Steven Bartlett of the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance. This discussion was recorded at the 2019 North American Forest & Climate Convergence at the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. The Convergence was held from Oct. 11-14.

In this weeks episode, join Matt, Bill, and Heather as they discuss... -What's new and exciting here at Tye-Dyed Iguana!-What's going on with the fires in the Amazon!-The Snake Road closing in Shawnee National Forest for the snake migration!-Bills Conspiracy Minute: "What are they Putting in the Water?" Plus, Bill and Matt play a fun game of "Never Have I Ever"!

EP62: Perfection is a False Perception The gang visits Garden of the Gods and Michael finally gets to meet Sasquatch. Secret time: Sean got a ticket on the way to Shawnee National Forest. The boys go to bdubs to watch the fight with Michael’s twin, Dallas. They nerd out about beers, hunting, shaving and whiskey. Michael loved their poop sign-in book on top of the toilet, which sparks a heated debate about poop particles. Then the boys talk about freedom to be themselves. You don’t have to fall into the mold of what other people think you should be. Be unique. Be yourself. Perfection is a false perception. They celebrate their friendship and the freedom they have to be honest and free together. They also discuss the importance of being free in Christ; knowing your eternal security is in Christ, not in your behavior. Get out of the box! https://unchurchedpodcast.wordpress.com Email: unchurchedpod@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unchurchedpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnChurchedPod

In this episode, the guys do a scattershot style discussion involving Native American legends in and around the Shawnee National Forest of Southern Illinois, also known as The Devil's Kitchen. Additionally, things get personal when the guys talk about some of their own eerie experiences. Enjoy the Winter Solstice everybody. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/weirdandfeared/support

Rookie Hunter Daniel Jackson Tells All Most everybody calls me by my last name, Jackson. I am 28 years old and this is my second year hunting. I live at the very southern tip of Illinois surrounded by the Shawnee National Forest. I am a correctional officer in the State of Illinois and have…

Rookie Hunter Daniel Jackson Tells All Most everybody calls me by my last name, Jackson. I am 28 years old and this is my second year hunting. I live at the very southern tip of Illinois surrounded by the Shawnee National Forest. I am a correctional officer in the State of Illinois and have…

This week, Rock and Spectre are joined by Tabitha, a subject matter expert on the environmental crisis known as fracking, to learn about what fracking is, how it could affect us all, and what we, as everyday citizens, can do to prevent it. Tune in to learn how we can help keep our world a cleaner and safer place! About this week's guest: Tabitha Tripp, a life long Illinois resident, has been a tenacious volunteer and environmental advocate for the last four years. She became engaged in the fracking issue after learning about risks to water supplies and the devastation the industry causes to rural communities.  She is a board member with the grassroots fracking organization SAFE, Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment. She is the founder of Shawnee Sentinels, a group formed with for the distinct need of training  citizens non violent direct action and civil disobedience to protect the communities near and around the Shawnee National Forest from extraction issues. Most recently she was elected as Co-chair of Heartwood Forest Council, a 17 state organization that protects the Eastern Hardwood forest.  For fun, she is painter, poet, mom, and loves to cook. She lives in unincorporated Union County, IL with her two children and partner on a fourth generation family farm, where their only source of water is a deep well. 

Join us as we travel to the legendary Snake Road in southern Illinois. Snake Road located at larue Pine Hills in Shawnee National Forest is a federal research area of prime habitat. One one side of the road is a four hundred foot limestone bluff. On the other side of the road is lowland forest and swamp. This is where the wild things are

Tues Jan 13th Noon CST on Equestrian Legacy Radio's SADDLE UP AMERICA! The "Trailmeister" and the Bear Branch Horse Resort in the Shawnee National Forest GARY HOLT and TINA MAE WEBER visit with Robert "Trailmeister" Eversole to discuss cold weather tips for your horses and on the trail. We travel to Bear Branch Horse Resort in the beautiful Shawnee National Forest of Illinois.  Owner Dick Manders leads us on the trails and shares information about one of Illinois' favorite campgrounds. SADDLE UP AMERICA! is brought to you by Trailguard.  Learn more about Trailguard at www.trailguard.org EQUESTRIAN LEGACY RADIO is Heard Around the World Online on our FREE Mobile App and on our Websit at www.equestrianlegacy.net

Please subscribe and leave a review of the podcast on iTunes. Thanks! (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/out-chicago-photography-podcast/id881281935?mt=2) I am going to get a podcast out for the beginning of each week. Every Monday morning there will be a new podcast waiting for you in your podcast player. Tony Reynes and Anne Belmont have been leading a lot of photowalks on the weekends for the Garden Photographic Society. That’s a fancy term for the Chicago Botanic Garden Camera Club. They have invited followers of the Out of Chicago site to join them on these walks. Stay tuned to Out of Chicago for future walks. This week on the Out of Chicago site I was on Digital Photography School! Read my 5 Advanced Tips for Light Trail Photography (http://digital-photography-school.com/5-advanced-tips-light-trail-photography/) Mike McCawley wrote about Street Photography Do’s and Don’ts in Chicago (http://outofchicago.com/chicago-street-photography-dos-and-donts/) Wendy Bright highlighted another speaker for the Out of Chicago conference, Marie Laigneau (http://outofchicago.com/marie-laigneau-bridges-and-street-photography-storytelling/) Keith French on Photographing the Shawnee National Forest (http://outofchicago.com/photographing-shawnee-national-forest/) Camera settings for night photography Exposure settings: I shoot RAW I typically shoot at ISO 400 at night Manual exposure Choose aperture and change shutter speed to set exposure I use Live View to set my exposure-metering modes White balance-I choose cloudy or auto! Manual focus-always! Image stabilization/Vibration Reduction off 2-second delay Interview with Levi Sim http://www.levisim.com/ http://www.sdesignsphotography.com/ Levi on Photofocus: http://photofocus.com/author/levicsim/ Levi on Twitter: @PhotoLevi (https://twitter.com/PhotoLevi) Chicago Photographer’s Adventure Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChicagoPAC/ Photographing Buckingham Fountain Buckingham Fountain is one of my favorite places to shoot in the summer There are light shows on the hour every hour from 9am until 10pm with one last show at 10:35. Details at the Chicago Park District site for Buckingham Fountain (http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/clarence-f-buckingham-memorial-fountain/#.U4qtoC9LiUE) Pick of the week The new Flickr app (http://appstore.com/flickr) for the iPhone and Android The post Night Photography Camera Settings, Interview with Levi Sim, Buckingham Fountain: OOC Episode 4 (https://www.outofchicago.com/2014/06/02/episode4/) appeared first on Out of Chicago Photography (https://www.outofchicago.com) .

WSIU Radio special Producer Kevin Boucher takes listeners on an audio tour of the Shawnee National Forest where he explores the inspiring sounds of nature