Graham Knopp's Blog

Topics in land use, culture, and nature.

  • On Wisconsin

    copyright Graham Paul Knopp 2025 Wisconsin is a set of memories. If I picked a sound that most reminds me of Wisconsin, it would be the cold winter wind, whistling in the eves as I try to get warm enough to sleep comfortably, night after night after cold, long, dark night. If I choose a…

  • Sky Islands Odyssey Bikepacking, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

    Given the climate and the advent of spring here in Texas, an exhausting goal seems in order. Maybe it’s my simple form of protest to the trending zeitgeist of paralyzing fear and anger, despair, and confusion. Or it’s grief, perhaps, which can make us want to lash out. Break out of this figurative constitutional crisis.…

  • Green’s Bayou, Houston

    The Bayou City Green’s Bayou isn’t proud. It’s largely ignored, although there is that very nice one mile Cutten Green trail along the levee. It meanders between retention ponds in near northwest Houston, lesser recognized than its neighbors of Spring Creek, White Oak Bayou, and Cypress Creek, to name a few. It’s largely channelized, with…