Due to the EAB, Michigan has lost nearly 85% of its usable black ash. So this year I've had to switch focus to utilizing another great resource, Elm bark.
I will be making a special trip to Wisconsin to harvest ash so there will be a log at GLP this year again.
Nick has been learning since he was a kid; skills that were learned through trial and error were taught to him by different tribal elders, such as basketry and utility items. indigenous life ways, traditional wild food preparation, utility plants and bush craft. He is considered one of the top traditional basket makers and mokotagen makers of his generation.
