Little Wolf Nature Preserve is a 180-acre private preserve in the Daniel Boone National Forest in southern Kentucky, USA. Our mission is to preserve a small slice of the beautiful Kentucky mountains for future generations of wildlife and people to enjoy. We created this blog to support our efforts to preserve this land, and to provide others with the opportunity to enjoy the natural peace and beauty Kentucky has to offer. Please check out our full website at www.littlewolf.org
Timm June 8th, 2009
We had the pleasant surprise of finding the cutest small fawn in the field below Jimmy Pond.
Actually, it was our dog Darby who found the fawn. Darby was barking in the brush with that “Come check it out, I’ve got something trapped” bark. When we arrived, Darby was nose-to-nose with the fawn, which was about the same size as Darby but still quite clumsy on its feet.
Timm May 26th, 2009
The bridge at the east entrance to Little Wolf Nature Preserve was destroyed by flash flooding of Little Wolf Creek:
This was a good news/bad news situation. The bad news is now we have to build another bridge. The good news is this bridge didn’t collapse while we were crossing it! The bridge was getting pretty rickety before the flood. We wouldn’t even let visitors drive over it, though we still used it ourselves.
Timm May 21st, 2009
The Little Wolf Nature Preserve has just acquired new land adjacent to the preserve, bringing the total to 180 acres. Click on the panorama below to see a full size picture:
Thanks to Lela Mae and David McKnight for selling their land to Little Wolf Nature Preserve. They have helped preserve more of these beautiful Kentucky mountains for future generations of wildlife and people to enjoy. Special thanks to Glen and Geraldine Rountree for helping to facilitate the sale.
The new land is essentially a long, steep, forested sunny hill.
Timm April 23rd, 2009
We encountered a black racer snake on our hike last weekend. Though these snakes are not poisonous, they can be aggressive when cornered. Their bite is also very painful, something we’ve fortunately not experienced. Black Racers are so named because they are very quick and can “run” almost as fast as humans.
Timm November 8th, 2008
Our friend Kim visited Little Wolf for the first time. It was a beautiful, sunny fall day about a week after color peak.
Kim (right) is checking out Theresa’s apple and cherry tree orchard that’s just a few years old. Moses Mountain rises in the background. You can see a number of large oaks prominent now with their rust-colored leaves.
Timm November 8th, 2008
Hurricane Ridge Trail eventually joins Cliffs Trail, which is the other leg of the horseshoe-shaped Little Wolf Mountain.
Someday the rock above will fall, hopefully not on our heads!
Timm July 28th, 2008
Jim and Gene fished in Jimmy Pond this weekend, and the fish weren’t biting much. It was very hot and sticky, the hottest we’ve had in a while. Just standing around it felt like you were wearing a fur parka over a wet suit while swimming laps in lava. But the two fishermen seemed to enjoy just being out in nature.
Gene (left) and Jim fish for bass and bluegill in Jimmy Pond with Little Wolf Peak in the background.
Timm July 28th, 2008
We had a couple of brief storms this weekend that produced some ominous cloud displays.
This thunderstorm raged to the south and sent a few clouds over Little Wolf Peak.
Timm July 28th, 2008
It was shroomy this weekend at Little Wolf Nature Preserve. Often in wet periods there will be an explosion of mushrooms. As you hike the trails, it seems like around every corner there is a new patch of mushrooms, different than any you have seen so far. It’s hard to believe there are so many types of mushrooms in the world, much less the variety found just here in the Preserve. Of course we don’t the eat any of the mushrooms. That’s like playing Russian roulette with a six shooter and five bullets.
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