Ari and I hiked the Fern Lake Trail on the east side of the park, through the burned forest and to Cub Lake. The fall fire was intense; it destroyed thousands of trees and a few bridges.
Yakni Achukma means "The Good Land" in Chahta anumpa (Choctaw language). This is the companion environmental blog to my American Indian Health and Diet Project at http://www.aihd.ku.edu/. This blog will follow the wildlife and changing seasons around Baldwin City, Kansas.