"A small rural Wisconsin community restores publicly-owned land that has become a dumping ground into a nature trail joining an elementary school and the public library and crossing three distinct ecosystems"-- Provided by publisher.

Where the sidewalk ends: the trail's beginning -- Traveling back in time to understand what shaped the land -- Settlement and changes to the land -- Environmental struggles in the twentieth century: new technology, greed, and natural disasters -- Autumn on the trail -- Winter wonders on the trail -- Spring surprises on the trail -- Summer splendor on the trail.