Points North | Northern Wilds Magazine

As always, Points North continues to educate outdoor men and women on matters of importance to them. Shawn Perich’s subjects and pleasant writing style are much appreciated!

Bill Reed, McGregor, MN

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Welcome wants the outdoors to be welcoming to all

Shawn PerichJune 25, 2020

June 25, 20201044

On July 4, Crystal Gail Welcome of Grand Rapids, Minn. will begin a 300-mile thru-hike...

Doc never asked for anything in return

Shawn PerichMay 28, 2020

May 28, 2020421

Sometimes people enter your life by happenstance and become your friend. Doc Morgan was one...

On the North Shore, rainbow trout stocking goes wild

Shawn PerichApril 23, 2020

April 23, 20201028

A change in the strain of rainbow trout stocked in Lake Superior by the Minnesota...

North House adopts ‘distance socializing’

Shawn PerichApril 1, 2020April 1, 2020

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020911

The beehive of creativity and craft in Grand Marais isn’t buzzing. The North House Folk...

Sea lamprey remain the scourge of Lake Superior

Shawn PerichApril 1, 2020

April 1, 2020893

The completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway in the mid-20th Century forever changed the Great...

A message from steelheader Scott Thorpe regarding the March 28 opener on Wisconsin’s Bois Brule River

Shawn PerichMarch 23, 2020March 31, 2020

March 23, 2020March 31, 20201365

My friend Scott Thorpe is well known to steelhead anglers from the Bois Brule to...

Temple Grandin: How animals think

Shawn PerichFebruary 25, 2020March 17, 2020

February 25, 2020March 17, 2020779

Rainy, my yellow Lab, wasn’t expecting the trash bags on our morning walk. My neighbor...

Measuring winter snow depths by the inch

Shawn PerichJanuary 28, 2020

January 28, 2020598

This winter can be easily summed up with two words: snowy and mild. Once again,...

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