Wisconsin's Last Undeveloped Wild Lakes
Wed, Oct 19
|Stevens Point
John Bates presents a summary of his newest book “Wisconsin’s Wild Lakes: A Guide to the Last Undeveloped Natural Lakes”


Time & Location
Oct 19, 2022, 7:00 PM
Stevens Point, 1519 Water St, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA
About the event
About the Author: John Bates is the author of ten books on the Northwoods and Upper Midwest, and a contributor to seven others. John has been featured on Wisconsin Public Television several times and has been a frequent guest on Wisconsin Pubic Radio. He has worked as a state forest naturalist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and owns Trails North, a naturalist guide service. He also conducts outdoor classes for the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, Nicolet College, the North Lakeland Discovery Center, and many others. For thirty-one years he has written a biweekly column, "A Northwoods Almanac," for the Lakeland Times in Minocqua, Wisconsin. About the Book: Of Wisconsin’s over 15,000 lakes, very few wild lakes remain. These are rare places where remarkable peace and beauty abounds, and where native wildlife flourishes. Over the last four years, John Bates has paddled or visited nearly all of these remaining…