Members
Here you will find listed in alphabetical order the names of the members, a little background information about them, and some basic contact information. If any member would like to add a bio similar to the one posted below just E-mail the information to Bob Haase at flytier@milwpc.com. and it will be posted on this page. This is a good way to let people know about you and the services you can provide.
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2016 Membership List
Name: Ken Anderson
Address: P.O. Box 294, Eagle River, WI 54521
Phone:
E-mail: glneagls@newnorth.net
Freelance journalist
Name: Arthur Barlow
Address: 4766 Landing Road, Rhinelander, WI 54501
Phone:
E-Mail: artiebarlow@charter.net
Freelance writer, Professional fishing guide, Freelance writer
Name: Jim Baumgart
Address: 722 North 26th St., Sheboygan, WI 53081
Phone:
E-Mail: jimcob@bytehead.com
Outdoor writer; weekly column "Crosshairs" Shoreline Chronicle (Sheboygan Press)
Name: Jim Bishop
Address: W7564 CTH E, Spooner, WI 54801
Phone:
E-mail: iamajimbo@yahoo.com
Writer, photographer, events
Name: Ken M. Blomberg
Address: 2099 Mayflower Road, Junction City, WI 54443
Phone:
E-mail: eaupleinekennels@gmail.com
Freelance writer, weekly newspaper column
Background: Ken M. Blomberg is a newspaper outdoor columnist, a freelance writer and longtime resident of the Town of Eau Pleine, northeast of Junction City, WI. He is a 1976 graduate of UWSP in Resource Managment and a past Executive Director of the Wisconsin Rural Water Association. Ken is now retired, owns a dog kennel in the country and writes full-time. His first book, Up the Creek, was recently published by Orange Hat Publishing, Waukesha, WI.
Name: Dean Bortz
Address: P.O. Box 2180, Woodruff, WI 54568
Phone (work):
Phone (Mobile):
E-mail: dean@outdoornews.com
Editor/Writer Wisconsin Outdoor News
Name: Brylyn Brecka
Address: P.O. Box 491, Alma, WI 54610
Phone:
E-mail: brilynbrecka@gmail.com
Student UW Stevens Point and 2021 WOCA Scholarship winner
Name: Dave Carlson
Address: 3044 Saturn Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54703
Phone:
E-mail: dcnorad47@live.com
Freelance writer
Name: Gene Cooper
Address:
Phone:
E-mail: scooper@lakeland.ws
Name: Ed Culhane
Address: 415 S. Oneida St., Appleton, WI 54911
Phone:
E-mail (Work): EdwardJ.Culhane@wisconsin.gov
E-mail (Home): edculhane@gmail.com
Note: DNR Public Affairs Manager NE Wisconsin
Background: Ed Culhane of Appleton, Wisconsin is a communications specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. In addition to assisting communication strategies, he helps news reporters on deadline, does on-camera or taped interviews and produces news releases. He takes photographs and shoots video for DNR Facebook posts and other online venues. He also contributes photographs and feature length stories for Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine.
Culhane is a FEMA-certified public information officer and serves on both DNR and Wisconsin incident management teams.
Prior to joining the DNR in 2008, Culhane spent 26 years as a newpaper reeporter, including 22 years with the Post-Crescent in Appleton. From 1992 through May of 2006, Culhane was the newspaper's environmental reporter and outdoor writer. His Sunday outdoor column won five first-place finishes in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association's annual competition (1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2005) and six second or third place honor in (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, and 2006).
In February 2006, Culhane was named Communicator of the Year by the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation. He was named Outstanding Conservation Journalist for 2005 by the Wisconsin State Council of Trout Unlimited. Among other honors, he received a Scripps Howard Foundation Environmental Reporting Award in 2004 and a WNA first place for enterprise reporting in 1995. He is frequently asked to speak to student groups and twice led seminars at UW-Madison's annual Writers Institute.
Address: 3013 Irene Dr., Eau Claire, WI 54701-06621
Phone:
Background: Patrick Durkin of Eau Claire, Wis., is an award-winning outdoor writer, free-lance newspaper columnist, and general outdoors reporter. He also provides free-lance editing services for books and magazines. He was named “Contributing Editor” of the Archery Trade Association in September 2001, and writes frequently for national archery and hunting magazines.
Durkin has written a weekly outdoors column for Wisconsin newspapers since 1984. His column appears in the Wisconsin Outdoor News, the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Oshkosh Northwestern, Barron News-Shield, Chetek Alert, Ladysmith News, Bloomer Advance, Watertown Daily Times, and Kewaunee County Times.
After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1975 through 1980, Durkin pursued a journalism degree at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and graduated magna cum laude in December 1983. He spent the next eight years working as a sports reporter, education reporter, weekend editor and outdoors editor at the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern newspaper before beginning his career in hunting magazines. He edited Deer & Deer Hunting magazine from 1991 through 2001, and he also edited Whitetail Hunting Strategies from 2002 through 2003, and National Whitetail Hunter’s Journal from 2003 to 2006.
Name: Tim Eisele
Address: 129 S. Segoe Road, Madison, WI 53705-4936
Phone:
E-Mail: teisele@chorus.net
Freelance writer/photographer
Background: Tim Eisele is a full
time freelance outdoor writer and photographer.
He covers natural resources, the Department of Natural Resources and the
Natural Resources Board for Wisconsin
Outdoor News. His articles have
appeared in many other publications, including The Capital Times, Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, and Wisconsin
State Journal. His work has been
recognized by awards from the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, Conservation
Congress, State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, Madison Audubon
Society, and others.
He and his wife own and manage 100 acres in Crawford County and they were named Wild Turkey Woodland Owners of the year by the State Chapter of National Wild Turkey Federation in 2005. The Crawford County Land Conservation Department recognized their work on their woodland with the Forestry Award in 2011 when they also received the District Tree Farmer of the Year Award.
Tim was invited by the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to judge the 1995 Federal Duck Stamp competition, he served a six-year term on the board of The Friends of the Arboretum and a two-year term on board of the Wisconsin Wetlands Association. He is a founding member and honorary lifetime member and two-time past president of the Wisconsin Outdoor Communicators Association. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame, and the Board of Visitors of Trees For Tomorrow in Eagle River. He is an instructor in the Conservation Leaders for Tomorrow program to help preserve the future of hunting.
Tim has two Power Point presentations that are available to organizations: “Ding’s Darling,” about Ding Darling and the Federal Duck Stamp, and “From Weeds to Wild Flowers on Gobbler Ridge,” about his attempt to increase biodiversity and incorporate a prairie on land in Crawford County.
Name: Mary Farmiloe
Address:
Phone:
E-mail: mcfarmi@aol.com
Videographer
Name: Lisa Gaumnitz
Address: 1147 Rutledge St., Madison, WI 537203
Phone:
E-mail: lisa.gaumnitz03@gmail.com
Writer, Information Officer WDNR
Lisa Gaumnitz has been writing about Wisconsin's Natural Resources for nearly 20 years, mostly as a public information officer for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. She recently resumed freelance writing and editing and often writes for the "Wisconsin Natural Resources" magazine. Gaumnitz lives in Madison with her family and enjoys traveling the state to fish, camp, bike,and ski.
Name: Ben Gruber
Address: 7515 Loy Rd., Arena, WI 53503
Phone:
E-mai: bwgruber@gmail.com
Freelance writer and photographer, President, Marsh-point Kids and Mentors Outdoors
Name: Kerigan Greeson
Address: 225 Appleby Dr., Apt. #108, Athens GA 30605
Phone:
E-mail: gkerigan@gmail.com
Name: Robert A. Haase
Address: W7949 Treptow Ln, Eldorado, WI 54932
Phone:
E-Mail: flytier@milwpc.com
Writer and Outdoor Photographer
Background: Bob is a writer and outdoor photographer. He was the host of "Outdoor Thursdays" radio program on KFIZ radio in Fond du Lac for many years and also wrote a news commentary for the KFIZ news department. He is a frequent contributor to Wisconsin Trout publication with articles on fly tying tips and fly patterns. He serves as a Fond du Lac County delegate to the Wisconsin Conservation Congress and is on the Trout Study Committee. Currently serving as the Angler Representative to the Wisconsin Sporting Heritage Council. Co-chair of the WDNR Fisheries Advisory Council and the Trout Management Team. Bob is also active in a number of sporting clubs such as the Central Wisconsin Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Winnebagoland Musky Club, Walleyes for Tomorrow, and the Winnebagoland Conservation Alliance. You can check out some of Bob's photography work at:
www.flickr.com/photos/bob_haase
Author: "Bob's Fly Tying Tips and Techniques" which is available on Amazon
Name: Thomas Heberlein
Address: 118 Breese Terrace, Apt. A, Madison, WI 53726
Phone:
E-mail: ta.haberlein@gmail.com
Note: Professor Emeritus, UW Madison Dept of Community and Environmental Sociology
Name: Glenn Helgeland
Address: 10459 N. Wauwatosa Rd, Mequon, WI 53097
Phone
E-mail: glenn.helgeland@gmail.com
Background: UW-Madison graduate, double major in Journalism and the biological aspects of conservation. Has been associate editor of National Wildlife magazine, editor/associate publisher of Archery World (now Bowhunting World) magazine, founding editor-publisher of Archery Business magazine, Owned Target Communications Corp 1980-2011. Owned and produced deer & turkey hunting expos (Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee) 1985-2011. Sold the expos to Bonnier Corp (publisher of Field & Stream and Outdoor Life in 2011. Edited and published 22 books, as co-author of several. Flunked retirement. Back to publishing books again as Target Communications Outdoor Books LLC (TCOB) and working to learn social media marketing. Details at www.targetcommbooks.com
Name: Steve Henry
Address:
Phone:
E-mail: cstevehenry7@charter.net
Name: Steve Hill
Address: 1625 Clark St., Stevens Point, WI 54481
Phone
E-mail: Shill@uwsp.edu
Writer, Associate Professor of Communications
Name: Natasha Kassulke
Address: 626 Hintze Rd., Madison, WI 53704
Phone:
E-mail: Natasha.kassulke@gmail.com
Research Communications Director, UW Madison
Name: Jeff Kelm
Address: 10720 Rangeline Rd., Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
Phone:
E-mail: hardwaterjeff@gmail.com
Co-host/editor Outdoors Radio; Field producer-Outdoor Wisconsin, Emcee Masters Walleye Circuit, North American Bass Circuit
Name: Jerry Kiesow
Address: 1690 Dellwood Ct.,Grafton, WI 53024
Phone:
E-mail: mrmrsprg8@wi.rr.com
Background: I bill myself as an Outdoor Communicator. I guess that’s right. I am a freelance photographer/writer, with over 10,000 outdoor images in my stock file; write for a variety of publications - local and national; teach fly fishing and fly tying; and can be convinced to do workshops on all of the above, plus how I wrote my two books - Tales of The Peshtigo Putzer and Photos, Poems, and a Little Bit of Prose and how each presented different situations when publishing. I also do workshops on other outdoor subjects: point and shoot cameras come to mind. I guess that qualifies me as an outdoor communicator. I belong to three organizations connected with my crafts: Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA), Wisconsin Writers’ Association (WWA), and Wisconsin Outdoor Communicators Association (WOCA), of which I am, currently, on the board of directors. I am also vice-president of Friends of Gov. Thompson State Park, Crivitz, Wisconsin. Look for me wading streams, paddling lakes, walking, skiing or snowshoeing woods and fields, anytime of the year. Just look for a funny looking, grey bearded guy carrying a rod or gun, or gathering berries or morels or nuts, carrying a camera. Always carrying a camera.
Keep a good thought!
Name: Joe Knight
Address: 5555 Northwoods Ct., Eau Claire, WI 54703
Phone:
E-mail: jmktrout@gmail.com
Freelance Writer, Former Reporter at Eau Claire Leader
Name: Mark Labarbera
Address: 2955 Kennedy Rd., Hazel Green, WI 53811
Phone:
E-mail (Home): malabarb@peoplepc.com
Background: Award-winning
Multimedia Content Producer. Editor, Learn the Outdoors.com online
magazine. Founder, Outdoor Heritage Education Center. Outdoor Columnist,
Morris Newspapers of Wisconsin. Editor/Publisher "SCI Hunters"
bimonthly magazine. Producer/Videographer outdoor TV specials and online
videos with Dan Small. Founder/Organizer, Midwest Outdoor Heritage
Education Expo.
Vice-chair
2019-21/Treasurer 2014-18, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin.
Member, Wisconsin Sporting Heritage Council. Director, Wisconsin
Wildlife Federation and Wisconsin Conservation Congress. Advisory Comm.,
"Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan 2019-2024.
Former
Minnesota DNR Director of Communications and head of Information and
Education. Past President and Chair, Outdoor Writers Association of
America and Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers. Former
President, Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance, successfully advocating
for Minnesota sales tax alternative funding for natural resources.
Former member, National Steering Committee, Becoming and Outdoors-Woman.
Former Board Member, Congressional Sportsamn Foundation, NSSF, Tread
Lightly, American Sportfishing Association and others. Founding Board
Member, Wildlife Forever and Recreational Boating & Fishing
Foundation. He authored Youth Conservation Congress Strategic Plan currently being implemented. Mark served at request of US Fish & Wildlife Director as Federal Duck Stamp Judge in 1995.
Name: Tom Luba
Address: 419 W Jenninngs St., New London, WI 54961
Phone:
E-mail: tomluba7@gmail.com
Background: Tom writes freelance articles about open-water fishing. He worked 25 years at Krause Publications in Iola as a production manager.
Name: Howard Mead
Address:
Phone:
E-mail: nmead@att.net
Name: Curtis D McAllister (TMS)
Address: 1155 Brewery Park, Suite 260, Detroit, MI 48207-2643
Phone:
E-mail: curt.mcallister@toyota.com
Regional Manager, Midwest Corporate Communications, Toyota Motor Sales, USA
Name: George Meyer
Address: 201 Randolph Dr., Madison, WI 53717
Phone:
E-mail: georgemeyer@tds.net
Retired Executive Director Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and former WDNR Secretary
Name: Gary N-ski
Phone:
Address: W10255 State Rd 60, Lodi, WI 53555
E-mail: garynski@frontier.com
Websites: www.garynski.com
www.greatwildradioshow.com
www.hardwaterwarriors.com
www.lodivalleynews.com
Gary N-ski
Good Ideas Company LLC
Studio/Gallery 141 Lodi Street Studio B, W10255 State Rd. 60, Lodi, WI 53555
Co-Host, Co-Producer, & Owner - The Great Wild Radio Show
Member - AGLOW, Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers
Member - WOCA, Wisconsin Outdoor Communicators Association
Award Winning Gary N-ski Photography Studios
National Board Member - Fishing Has No Boundaries
Hobie Kayak Fishing Pro Team Member
Exclusive Distributor & Owner of Project Lures LLC
Wisconsin Licensed Hunting and Fishing Guide
Background: Gary N-ski is an award winning outdoors photojournalist/communicator for over 40 years. His work has been published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal, The Missoulian, Montana Trails Magazine, Anchorage Times, Pheasants Forever, Country Magazine and Hometown Newsgroup, Wisconsin Academy of Arts & Science, and Lodi Valley New.com ... to name a few.
He was the Photography Coordinator for UW-LaCrosse, Mass Communications Dept.
Photography Instructor for the University of Alaska, Madison Area Technical College, and the Glacier Conservatory of Music and Fine Arts-Whitefish, Montana.
Gary and his wife Deb of 32 years, own the Good Ideas Company LLC.
Gary was co-founder of Ultimate Outdoors Radio Show
Gary was co-founder and director of marketing for The Big Wild Radio Show
Gary is found, co-host & owner of the Great Wild Radio Show
Since 1975 Gary has won dozens of State and National photojournalism awards.
Gary is also a founding member of the Arts Tribe. A visual arts collective based in Madison, Wisconsin. He recently exhibited at the Commonwealth Gallery, Pyle Center and the Overture Center in Madison.
He has been a member of the National Press Photographers Association, the American Society of Media Photographers, and currently the Association of Great Lakes Outdoors Writers-AGLOW, and the Wisconsin Outdoor Communicators Association - WOCA.
AGLOW 2014 President's Award Winner, AGLOW 2015 Chevy Trucks Best of Show - The Pet Czura Award
Name: Kevin Naze
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 233, Algoma, WI 54201-0233
Physical Address: E5912 Hwy 54, Algoma, WI
Phone:
E-mail: gofishwisconsin@gmail.com
Freelance writer, photographer, guide, marketing specialist and K/D Salmon Tournament Coordinator
Name: Bruce Neeb
Address: 2027 Eighth St.
Phone:
E-mail: goldenpineco@charter.net
Website: www.goldenpineco.com
Background: Bruce Neeb of Eau Claire was the Government Outreach/Grants and Loans Team Leader for Wisconsin's DNR West Central and Northwestern regions prior to his retirement in 2017. During his 20 years with the DNR in Eau Claire, Bruce also administered environmental and recreational grant programs and served as the region's Waterway Access Coordinator. He served as a Senior Public Affairs Manager with the Department's Bureau of Communications and Education in Madison for seven years before moving back to Eau Claire. Bruce graduated from U.W. Eau Claire in 1981 with a double major in Journalism and Speech (Broadcast and Film emphasis). In college he worked as a reporter and morning drive newscaster with WAXX-FM/WAYY-AM. Upon graduation, he moved to Madison and worked with WKOW-TV as a reporter, anchor, and assignment editor before joining the DNR. Now, semi-retired, Bruce serves as a consultant in waterways access discontinuance, grant applications and administration, and communications planning and production through his firm, Golden Pine Co. (www.goldenpineco.com). He also serves on the Communications Committee for Wisconsin's Green Fire (https://wigreenfire.org/).
Name: Judy Nugent
Address: 3168 N. Hamposhire Ln, Waukegan, IL 60087
Phone:
E-mail: mnugent847@comcast.net
Background: Judy Nugent has been writing for several years. Her work can be found in Wisconsin Outdoor News, Wisconsin Outdoor Journal, Wisconsin Sportsman, Midwest Outdoors, Fly Fisherman Magazine, and Snowshoe Magazine among others. She is also on the TV show Outdoor Wisconsin. She has a Mater's Degree in Education.
Name: Lynda O'Connor
Address: 333 Warwick Rd., Lake Forest, IL 66045
Phone:
E-mail: lyndao@oconnorpr
Book and author publicist, event planner, creator of press materials, organizer of book tours, PR consultant,
Name: Bill Pivar
Address: 78112 Kensington Ave., Palm Desert, CA 92211
Phone:
E-mail: pivarfish621@hotmail.com
Writer/books
Name: Roger Sabota
Address:
Phone:
E-mail: saborog@newnorth.net
Name: Jennifer Sereno
Address: 4946 Lake Mendota Dr., Madison, WI 53705
Phone:
E-mail: serino.jennifer@gmail.com
Communications Director for Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Name: Dan Small
Address: E8562 Gilbertson Rd., Westby, WI 54667
Phone:
E-mail (Work): dan@dansmalloutdoors.com
Background: Dan Small has been host/producer of Milwaukee Public Television's "Outdoor Wisconsin" since its premiere in November 1984. He also produces and hosts a weekly radio show, Outdoors RADIO with Dan Small, which airs on broadcast stations throughout Wisconsin and on numerous websites.
He is also contributing editor of Wisconsin Outdoor News, a bi-weekly newspaper that covers outdoor activities, environmental concerns and other items of interest to Wisconsin's sportsmen and women. Dan is the author of Fish Wisconsin and co-author of The Official Outdoor Wisconsin Cookbook and Wild Harvest Cookbook. He also hosted the Field To Feast series of instructional hunting, fishing, and cooking series.
He is past president of the Wisconsin Outdoor Communicators Association and past board member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and the Association Great Lakes Outdoor Writers. He has served on the boards of the Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation, Friends of Milwaukee River's and the Milwaukee Revitalization Council.
He is an avid outdoorsman and a widely published writer/photographer with credits in national and regional magazines. His writing and broadcast efforts have won more than 100 awards in his regional and national competition. He was named Conservation Communicator of the year in 1986 by the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, and in 1990 received the Gordon MacQuarrie Award for excellence in environmental communications from the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. He holds a PhD from Rice University.
Name: Laurel F. Steffes
Address: 33 Stacy Lane, Madison, WI 53716
Phone:
E-mail: Laurel.Steffes@gmail.com
Retired WDNR Information and Education Director
Background: Laurel was one of the Daily Cardinal editors at the height of the war-protest years (yes, THAT Daily Cardinal), wrote an educational column syndicated in 26 daily Canadian newspapers and classroom educational materials, and managed five scholarly journals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate school. She joined the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in 1977 as promotion and production manager for the Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine, eventually taking the reins of all DNR's communications and educational programs as director.
Her experience includes managing law-enforcement communications during spearfishing unrest; managing state crisis situations such as the fatal northern Wisconsin fatal plane crash and high profile murder investigation; orchestrating events for recreational land acquisitions, park dedications, and environmental cleanups; and front line communications for spills, fires, the discovery of CWD, and more.
Name: John Sullivan
Address: E6628 Patcin Rd., Pardeeville, WI 53954
Phone:
E-mail: sullijr53@gmail.com
Retired research director WDNR
Name: Steve Suman
Address: P.O. Box 746, Hayward, WI 54843-0746
Phone:
E-mail: ssuman@cheqnet.net
Name: Leslie Sundahl (Traditions Media)
Address: 5115 Excelsior Blvd, P.O. Box 440, St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Phone:
E-mail (Work): leslie@traditionsmedia.com
Background: Traditions Media is a progressive-public-relations, media communications, influencer marketing and social media group exclusively serving the outdoors industry. Our unique team is built of professional writers and communicators who also have understandings of the business-of-the-business. Our partners include Humminbird, Ocean Kayak, Old Town Canoe Kayak, St. Croix Rod, Frabill, Plano, Tactical, Tenzing, Avian-X, Ameristep, Evovled Habitats, Flextone, Ground EFX, Halo, Wildgame INnovations, ZINK, Aqua-Vu, Custom Jigs & Spins, Rippin Lips and Fin-Wing.
Name: Jeffrey Vander Logt
Address: 303 E. Ethel St., Saint Joseph, IL 61873
Phone:
E-mail: vloutdoors@comcast.com
Writer, photographer, and webmaster of VL Outdoors Media
Name: Roger Vander Logt
Address: 617 Oak St., Mishicot, WI 54228-9756
Phone :
E-mail: roger@saxonburgproperties.com
E-mail: Roger@VLoutdoormedia.com
CUB Radio Sport Fishing; writer, photographer, owner of VL Outdoor Media LLC
Name: Nick Vander Puy
Address: 631 Crestview Lane, Apt. 210, Mellen, WI 54546
Phone:
E-mail: nickvanderpuy@gmail.com
Writer, Radio Producer, speaker
Background: Nick "Fishhawk" Vander Puy was an up and coming fishing guide and outdoor writer living in Eagle River, Wisconsin, during the 1980's, when the Walleye War started... After hearing sportsmen scream "Timber Nigger" and "Save a walleye, spear a pregnant squaw" at the landings Vander Puy moved away from sport fishing, under the tutoring of Anishinaabeg elders, to become a public radio journalist and subsistence hunter and gatherer. Vander Puy went onto produce many public radio features, including "The Day the Bear Died" which ran on the NPR's flagship show "All Things Considered" and was heard by millions. While living on Madeline Island
(Moningwanakauning Minis) Vander Puy received
a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council to produce an hour long radio
feature, "Manoominike: Wild Rice, Tom Vennum Jr, Fred Ackley Jr, and the
Ojibway People" which is available on Sound Cloud. Vander Puy enjoys
ricing, hunting deer, netting cisco, snaring rabbits, ice fishing, making maple
sugar and gathering plants. He's working on a book "Our Life in the Forest" about infusion in indigenous culture, leading to occupying the
Penokees during the 2013-2014 Polar Vortex and stopping the mine.
Name: Ron Weber
Address: Weyerhaeuser, WI
Phone:
E-mail: ronw2492@yahoo.com
Background: Ron Weber is a former high school science teacher turned forester with the WDNR who has always been a writer at heart. He has degrees in Forestry and Biology with a minor in Resource Management from UW-Stevens Point. Ron has written many guest commentaries for several newspapers including the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison Capital Times, and the Wisconsin Outdoor News. He frequently writes articles for Wisconsin Natural Resources and Badger Sportsman magazines.
A self confessed disciple of Aldo Leopold, Weber is a Land Ethic Leader who puts on events in local communities near his home in Weyerhaeuser to spread the message of Leopold. He can also be heard reading selections of his writings on Wisconsin Life segments on Wisconsin Public Radio.
Name: Bob Wilberscheid
Address: W1094 CTH HH, New Holstein, WI 53061
Phone:
E-mail: rcwbdob@tcei.com
Writer, speaker
Name: David Zeug
Address: 911 South Lake Drive, Shell Lake, WI 54871
Phone:
E-mail: djzeug@charter.net
Retired WDNR Conservation Warden Freelance Writer
Background: Although Dave Zeug calls Shell Lake, WI home, he and his wife spend much of their time at the cabin and short term rental property on the Brule River. Zeug was a Wisconsin Conservation Warden for 26 years, beginning his career as a Field Warden in 1974, before becoming a Warden Supervisor in Horizon and Black River Falls. He retired as the DNR's 18 county Northern Region's Enforcement and Science Leader fro the Northern Region Office in Spooner.
After retirement, Zeug worked as an Investigator for a law firm, them become Mayor of the City of Shell Lake while continuing with his writing career. He's done work for Outdoor Life, Fur-Fish-Game, Wildfowl, Predator Nation, Trout Unlimited and Wisconsin Outdoor News, publications and Outdoor Life On-Line also. He's also been a presenter at various outdoor events dedicated to the protection of Wisconsin's lakes and rivers.
Zeug enjoys many outdoor activities, but finds waterfowl hunting and trout fishing, especially on the Brule River most captivating.
Name: Kyle Zeug
Address: 133 S. Yellowstone Dr., Madison, WI 53705
Phone:
E-mail: kyle.zeug@gmail.com
Writer
Name: Carrie Zylka
Address: 2129 Harris Island Drive, Waukesha, WI 53188
Phone:
E-mail: CZylka@gmail.com
Website: www.TheWildWorldof CarrieZ.com
Wisconsin podcaster and blogger on hunting, fishing and adventures to get people outdoors