Watching Over Wildlife
Carrol Henderson: Watching Over Wildlife
By Pamela Eyden, Outdoor Writer
Carol Henderson’s success is measured in wildlife perserved.
As supervisor of the Minnesota’s Nongame Wildlife Program he protects the birds and wildlife we love.
Take trumpeter swans. These birds have a wingspan of about seven feet and are the largest water bird on earth. When Henderson wrote a conservation plan for them in 1981, they were gone from Minnesota for 100 years. Their habitat had been turned to farmland and they’d been overhunted for their elegant white feathers. After 30 years of persistence in the trumpeter swan project, more than 2,000 adult birds nest in Minnesota’s wetlands and the population has doubled in the last five years alone.
I Can Fish
What better way to spend a summer morning or evening in the Land of 10,000 lakes than fishing?
Fishing is the great Minnesota pastime.
A popular new naturalist program at Minnesota’s State Parks teaches the basics of fishing. From novices to those brushing up their fishing skills, it’s a great way to learn fishing skills.
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A Biking Kind of Love
By Pamela Eyden - Outdoor Writer
Couples have their differences. But Sid and Sig Scheurle share one big passion — exploring new and familiar places by bicycle.
The Winona couple met on the RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) 10 years ago. Sid had done the tour with her friends many times. Sig was a first-timer. They married the next December with their grown children gathered around and have been riding together ever since. Together they bike 3,000 to 3,500 miles every year.
“Biking is how we met, and it’s most of our recreation together,” Sid said.
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Joseph Nicollet's discovery
Joseph Nicollet rode in the middle of a trading canoe taking notes.
LocationPentel campaigns via bike, canoe
Ken Pentel believes if you are going to run an ecological campaign for governor you should at least spend some of your campaign time traveling on a bike or in a canoe.
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