Making Progress Through The Seasons

Life Summary

Short or long – a life becomes a story told by yourself or others.

The Years and Places

1947 to 1965 – Childhood and family in the St. Joseph River Watershed of Southern MI.

1965 to 1975 – College and work around the Red Cedar River Watershed of the Lansing, MI.

1976 – Work in Garrison, N.Y. in the Hudson River Watershed.

1976 to 1977 – Life on a farm on Michigan’s “Thumb” in the Black River Watershed running to

Lake Huron.

1977 to Present – Community life in Ely, MN withing the Rainy River – Headwaters

Watershed.

Work and Education

Family shoe and clothing store, paper route, farm labor, mobile home assembly line, rubber

factory, college dorm custodian, Oldsmobile auto assembly line, shoe repair shop, City of

Lansing Arboretum naturalist, nature center development for Detroit Edison, Assistant Director

of the Nature Conservancy’s Manitoga: Center of the Performing Arts, College Instructor

Vermilion Community College, Ranger Guide at Voyageur Visitor Center, Superior National

Forest, Mine Guide and Mine Interpreter at Soudan Underground Mine State Park, 

Minnesota Master Naturalist courses, Road Scholar courses, Ely Community Education

courses, Vermilion Continuing Education field trips.

Degrees:  Fish and Wildlife Management, Parks and Recreation Resource Management,

additional graduate courses.

Volunteer/Community:  Ely-Winton Historical Society Interpretive Center Design Committee,

Ely Parks and Recreation Board, Dorothy Molter Museum Board, Vermilion Parks and

Wilderness Advisory Committee, Minnesota Ornithological Union Education Committee, News

Columns in the Ely Echo and Timberjay, Radio Programs on WELY, Ely Field Naturalists

Volunteer, Volunteer and Guide for Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, National Eagle Center,

Friends of Sax-Zim, International Wolf Center, Boy Scout High Adventure Base, Ely

Community Resources, area schools and other local groups