Graham Knopp's Blog

Topics in land use, culture, and nature.

  • Climate Change, a Recent Journal Article, and Soil

    Copyright Graham Paul Knopp 2025 This is a blog entry posted because it has been a while, if anyone is reading? I’ve started a book project, which is occupying my time, in addition to some summer adventures. But here I’ll touch on some salient issues. First, climate change. There seems to be an general understanding…

  • Lone Star Hiking Trail – A First Overnight

    This is a trail report for the first 14.5 miles of the Lone Star Trail north of Houston in the Sam Houston National Forest. The Lone Star Trail is about 90 miles long, with about 37 miles of alternates, and is continuous with a few road sections, but is mostly wildernessy singletrack. It meanders through…

  • An Animal Story – Paddling Lake Conroe, Texas

    Copyright Graham Paul Knopp 2025 This is a short story about a wildlife encounter in which I say “I” far more frequently than I am comfortable with. So I’m paddling Lake Conroe in the bayou north from the Stubblefield Lake Road boat ramp, which is a reservoir, so you’re paddling up this flooded stream channel,…

  • On Beavers

    Copyright 2025 Graham Paul Knopp The town of Stettin, just west of Wausau, Wisconsin is an area of rolling hills and running streams, interrupted by ponds and marshes. It’s a beautiful land that has praries in the high places, and deep woods in the low places, which teem with wildlife. In 1975, my parents bought…