WISCONSIN — One of the great things about being a forester is we get to see so many of the wild places and things that make Wisconsin such a wonderful place to live and work. …Recently, while conducting a timber cruise, I came upon a logging road that had been used on an adjacent harvest. …As I negotiated the ice-packed road, I noticed elk tracks crossing the road entombed in ice covered with a light skiff of snow. It struck me as a unique sight so I pulled out my camera. Fifty yards further down the road I noticed wolf tracks similarly encased in ice. …A forester has much to think about on the journey from one plot to the next: regeneration, quality and composition of overstory trees, invasive species and how much of a hassle will it be for the logger to cross that stream. Along with those things, I also found myself thinking about those tracks.