It was a bitterly cold, overcast winter day when I set out from our cabin located below Oswego Illinois on one of the many islands on the Fox River to check my traps.
Walking cautiously on the new ice I followed my trap line chopping out and retrieving those traps that had frozen into the ice.
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Writer / Public speaker / naturalist / bear walker /wildlife photographer, providing wildlife footage for educational purposes to such fine organizations as Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Equinox Documentaries, Jim Fowler's 'Life in the Wild', Conservation Biology Magazine, Florida Department of Natural Resources, and various universities.