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Once again I find myself in the role of student. This time embarking on the studies of nature through the Wisconsin Master Naturalist volunteer training program.
A couple weeks ago, I went to Echo Valley Farm in Ontario, Wisconsin, for a class called The Root of Healing.
With devastating floods hitting the several Wisconsin Driftless Area water sheds over the past few years, last fall’s flood left a large economic impact on many communities.
It was 2002 when Dena Eakles bought the property now called Echo Valley Farm located just Southeast of Ontario, Wisconsin.
If you have ever been on Hwy 33 about 5 miles Southeast of Wildcat Mountain State Park, on a very sharp bend, you just might have whisked by a place called Rustic Ridge Resort. I know I have, literally a few hundred times.
Originally billed as the Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, the 11th annual H.O.P.E. (Helping Our People Everyday) walk, pulled together the communities of Hillsboro, Yuba, Rockton, Ontario, LaFarge, Kendall, Valley, Wonewoc, Union Center, and Elroy.
