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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Monitoring Visits Connect Northwoods Land Trust Staff, Volunteers, Landowners
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:32
	Publish Date:		2019-12-26 05:03:11
	Description:		For part of the year, a gravel road reaches a remote piece of Vilas County land. But in the winter, a mile-long snowshoe is the only way in. Snow decorated an evergreen forest as Trisha Moore and Troy Walters reached their destination and greeted Bob Martini, who owns the 31 acres of wilderness northeast of Eagle River. Forty years ago, he built an eight-sided cabin here by hand. “I just kept stacking logs on each corner. It was one of those ‘learn as you go’ things. As you can see, every notch is different. They’re all screwed up. The last notch is better than the first notch,” Martini said with a laugh. There’s no electricity or running water. After all, it’s meant for remote getaways, not full-time living. “We cut Christmas trees, we go deer hunting, we have New Year’s Eve parties and go skiing, all of that kind of stuff,” he said. Even if he wanted to, Martini could never build much more than the primitive cabin on this land. Nor could any future landowners, since he chose to have
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