This fiction book is about a veteran journalist who tires of the hype and spin of modern media and decides to seek something truthful in the wilds of Tasmania.
Two chapters also are set in the Driftless area of Wisconsin. Available via www.iUniverse.com, www.amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. Or: Order here.
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Valley Stewardship Network
Our Mission:
Valley Stewardship Network encourages, promotes and helps create opportunities for pro-active stewardship efforts in the Kickapoo River Watershed through education and awareness efforts and by promoting community pride, positive land use, compatible development and communication and coordination among groups in the watershed.
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Welcome to the Kickapoo Valley Reserve:
A Unique Project from All Vantage Points
The Kickapoo Valley Reserve is an 8,569 acre tract of land located between the villages of La Farge and Ontario in southwestern Wisconsin.
Its history, resources, administration, and recreational diversity make it unique - a place like no other.
We invite you to come see for yourself the many wonders of the Kickapoo Valley Reserve. Here sandstone outcroppings tower over the Kickapoo River as you paddle its quiet waters, and native plants and animals abound in all seasons.
Whether you'd like to join us for a scheduled interpretive hike, adventure into the back country on your own, or simply stop and admire the beauty, the Kickapoo Valley Reserve welcomes you! Click here for more.
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Gallery Featured Photos
For galleries of photos from around the Driftless Area and beyond, click here.
For archives of stories done about the area, go to the Message Board of this web site and scroll down.
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To purchase any of the photos in the galleries above, leave a message on this site's Driftless Writers Blog or email gregghof@aol.com.
Driftless Images
In Pixels and Prose
Welcome to Driftless Images, a site that morphed out of the Driftless Writers Blog. into Driftless and now to its present format .
The site still serves as a forum for folks who love the creativity and challenge of using the language in written form.
It doesn't matter whether you are a student, hobby writer or a pro -- or whether you write prose or poems -- you can post your work here. Just use the Driftless Writers Blog Message Board below.
You won't be paid for your writing. Any obscene or libelous/slanderous posts will be removed by the publisher. But, if you can live with those rules, you can use this as a forum to see your work in "print" in cyberspace.
Driftless Images also is the home for The Driftless Area Creative Maps Project, an attempt by this writer/photographer -- Gregg Hoffmann -- to document one of the unique areas of the world in images and words -- thus pixels and prose. Over the next few years, I plan on writing about the people, places and things that make the Driftless area unique. Some of the stories I have done already are on the Message Board.
The Driftless Area is a relative well-kept secret in the southwest corner of Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa and northwest Illinois. Its karst geology makes it unique, gives it beauty and also makes it an environmentally fragile area. We'll document that as well as the characters who inhabit the area and some of the communities and places that give it further identity. We'll also try to capture some of the beauty of the area in online photos.
You also can give us your opinion, or write about your favorite place or person too by using the Driftless Writers Blog message board below.
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Post your writing by clicking below
You can write your piece right on the blog, but it usually is better to copy and paste it into the site from your own computer. All works on this site are copyright protected and cannot be used again without permission from the authors. Feel free to post notices and opinions about community issues.
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Gundersen, Organic Valley Coop On Cashton Wind Farm
Two organizations that are leaders in their respective fields have combined to start what is being billed as the state’s first “community wind project.”
Organic Valley, an organic dairy cooperative based in La Farge in Vernon County, and Gundersen Health System, based in La Crosse, have started work on the Cashton Greens Wind Farm in Monroe County.
Once complete, the two-turbine wind farm is expected to generate nearly 5 megawatts of energy, enough electricity to power 1,000 homes each year.
Both organizations see the project as being very much part of their respective business visions. “Fostering strong, sustainable rural communities is key to who we are,” said George Siemon, founding farmer and C-E-I-E-I-O of Organic Valley. “We’re particularly proud to establish a long-term renewable energy source right here in the Cashton area, which is not only a sustainable solution for our community, but hopefully also an example for other communities.”
Jeff Rich, executive director of GL Envision LLC, the “green“ wing of Gundersen Health System, echoed Siemon.
“We are pleased to be entering into this partnership with Organic Valley,” said Rich. “The wind farm project is a great thing for our patients and for the community. By reducing our energy costs, we can eventually pass the savings on to our patients in the form of lower healthcare costs. In addition, the project creates local construction jobs and has a positive impact on the health of the environment, too. It is a win-win all around.” For the whole story, click here.
Driftless Documentary Gets Funds
The La Crosse Community Foundation has awarded a $15,000 grant to the Mississippi Valley Conservancy to help create a video documentary on the driftless region.
MVC executive director Tim Jacobson said the half-hour documentary uses science-infused adventure to highlight the unique geology and ecology of the bluffland areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa untouched by the last ice age.
He hopes it will draw attention to the region and promote land protection and tourism. "We're hoping by highlighting how special this region is to draw more resources in to protect the most precious parts of our landscape," Jacobson said. "This could really put the upper Mississippi area on the map in a big way." For more, go to the La Crosse Tribune story by clicking here.
A Boomer's Stories On Driftless Blog
Gregg Hoffmann, publisher of this site, has started to post a series of fiction stories called "A Boomer's Stories" in the Driftless Writers Blog section of this site. While names have been changed, and some creative license taken, the stories are based on real life experiences as a "baby boomer" and relationships with others of that generation. Anyone should feel free to post their own writing on the site. Just follow the guideliness listed above.
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