Environment
Points North: Is It a Deer Hunt or a Horse Race?
Shawn Perich-This year, it was hard to tell if Minnesota was holding a firearm deer season or a horse race.
Moose/wolf expert Dr. Rolf Peterson visits Studio A
-Buck spoke Nov. 25 with Dr. Rolf Peterson, a biologist who has been conducting research on moose and wolves on Isle Royale for many years. He was in town to teach and speak at North House Folk School's Winterer's Gathering.
Explorer Lonnie Dupre plans second attempt to summit Denali in January
-Buck chatted with Lonnie Dupre Nov. 18 about his upcoming attempt to summit Denali and about his soon-to-be-published memoir, "Life on Ice."
Wildersmith November 18
Fred Smith-Quiet is the catchword in border country as we pass the halfway point of month 11.
Points North: Locavore Students Cut Up During Class
Shawn Perich-The day began as a real drag. The previous afternoon, I’d killed a whitetail doe a long way from the truck. Too far, it turned out, to make it out with the deer before dark.
Points North: DNR Forestry Changes Ripple the Pond
Shawn Perich-The recent announcement that Dave Epperly will no longer serve as director of the Minnesota DNR’s forestry division is discussed in the current issue of the Timber Bulletin, the bimonthly magaz
Wildersmith November 11
Fred Smith-The season that north country folk anticipate at this time of year continues AWOE (absent without explanation).
DNR issues ski hill permit to draw water from slowing Poplar River
-After a review of more than 600 comments from the public, DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr issued a permit to Lutsen Mountains Ski Hill to take water from the Poplar River for snowmaking despite the stre
Mountains 2 Montreal: 4,500-km. paddle across Canada in a 22-foot canoe
-Buck spoke Nov. 4 with Dana Fountain & Peter Gorman, two of the members of the Mountains 2 Montreal Expedition team. They recently paddled 4,500 km. from near Jasper, Alberta to Montreal in 22-foot canoe. They listened to WTIP in the Quetico, and traveled by boat and car to Grand Marais to pledge their support of the station.
Points North: It’s All About the Dog
Shawn Perich-Back in the early 1980s, a Minnesota outdoor writer named Steve Grooms wrote a book with the somewhat presumptuous title of “Modern Pheasant Hunting.” While Midwesterners had been hunting
