Sigurd Olson

Julie O'Leary from the Izaak Walton League talks about a musical presentation of the works of Sigurd Olson on November 2nd at the West Theater

Sigurd Olson is kind of a hero around here. From his work to establish the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park, helping draft the Wilderness Act…

David Backes was a college student on the verge of dropping out until he found the books of Sigurd Olson.34 years after his death, Backes talks about…

We talk with Kristin Eggerling, author of Breath of Wilderness: The Life of Sigurd Olson (2014, Fulcrum Publishing), about the great wilderness educator…

Wisconsin has almost doubled its loon population in the last thirty years. It's good news, not only for those who love the haunting call of these bird,…