Caption: the Cape Cod woods., Credit: S. Reynolds
Image by: S. Reynolds 
the Cape Cod woods. 

Mel and the Woods

From: Sarah Reynolds
Length: 00:05:02

There is a secret to designing hiking trails through conservation land, according to Mel Miller - you have to walk them three times. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Mel Miller dropped out of highschool because he loved the outdoors too much and couldn't stand to be inside.  Now, after many years of working and traveling around the world, he has landed in Cape Cod as the volunteer Steward for 88 acres of land in Falmouth, MA called Beebe Woods.  Yes, the volunteer.