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How Do Fish Eat?

I’m now quite far into writing a new book, called “The Science of Fishing”. One of the more interesting topics is how fish eat. This

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Mouse with Tail
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Footprints in the Snow

Every morning I get up before dawn and go for a four-mile walk.  In the winter close to Minneapolis, it takes me through some woods

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Sandbar willows alongside a railroad track
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Plant Power

In the early springtime, before I head up north for the summer, my early morning walk takes me down an asphalt bicycle trail alongside a

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Wild blueberries at their peak
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Blueberry Picking

Mid-July to mid-August is blueberry time up north.  Nothing tastes better than a pie or pancakes made with fresh wild blueberries.  Part of our family

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A canal cut by beavers in a tamarack swamp for transport of sticks into deeper water.
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Busy as a Beaver

If one lives in the north woods, beavers are a fact of life – always interesting, but sometimes maddening. What is interesting is the products

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