Telling Tales for 40 Years
Lots of folks begin life unsure of what they’re going to do—what path they’re going to take and what their career will be. I never...
Shawn Perich
Lake Superior’s Changing Fishery
The fish population of Lake Superior experienced extraordinary changes over the past 100 years or so. Starting in the 1890s, the arrival of commercial fishing...
Wild Balsams are Santa’s Gift to Us
Why do humans so often disrespect their non neighbors with whom they share the natural world? Although humans have existed on this planet for a...
The Month In Between
In the Northern Wilds, everyone has a favorite month. Given the dramatic change in seasons, perhaps two or three. Sometimes, you may not recognize a...
Natural lessons unlearned tend to repeat
More moose roamed the Minnesota North Shore’s backcountry in 1989. That year I was one of a party of four drawn in a lottery for...
Partridge Were Worth the Walk
Grouse hunting likely started for me when I was 4 years old, but certainly by age 5. I trudged along behind Dad, not carrying a...
The Sweet Pails of Summer
It was more than 50 years ago when Grandpa Casey walked with me from the Casey home on Skyline Parkway up to the barren rock...
Casting to Consistency
I didn’t really learn to fish until I moved to the North Shore. This wasn’t due to a lack of time on the water. I...