Ruffed Grouse: Dinner on the Wing
Around our house, we don’t eat a lot of chicken during September and October. Instead we have fresh ruffed grouse for dinner as often as...
Shawn Perich
On the water, a season finale
Lake Superior was rolling up on the cobblestone beach at the creek mouth, pushing the stream’s bog-stained outflow along the shore. I was wearing waders,...
As moose numbers dwindle, should anyone hunt them?
It’s moose season in the north. On Facebook, some of my Canadian friends have been eagerly anticipating the season; talking about who drew a tag...
The lovely lighthouse in the center of town: Terrace Bay
Terrace Bay—Lake Superior has two North Shores. One, best known to Minnesotans, is their own 150-mile stretch of shoreline between Duluth and the Canadian border....
We need Congress to show leadership on wildfire issues
The overcast sky was a nondescript gray. It didn’t feel like rain. The sun, suddenly peering through the clouds, was blood red. That meant at...
As goes rural America, so goes conservation
A few weeks ago, some information crossed my desk asserting that an inordinate number of people in the Minnesota county where I live participate in...
Media summit offers conservation insights
Writers gathered in Minneapolis last week for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s annual western media summit, which this year covered the upcoming 2018 reauthorization of...
Hunters promote PETA, Zinke promotes himself
Last week, Facebook was awash with pictures of grinning hunters posing with dead critters as they poked fun at People for Ethical Treatment of Animals....