John Bates is the author of ten books and a contributor to seven others, all of which focus on the natural history of the Northwoods. He’s worked as a naturalist in Wisconsin’s Northwoods for 31 years, leading an array of trips and giving talks all designed to help people further understand the remarkable diversity and beauty of nature, and our place within it. He has served on the Board of Trustees for the Wisconsin Nature Conservancy, River Alliance of Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Humanities Council, and he currently serves on the Board of the Northwoods Land Trust. John has a MS in Environmental Sciences from the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. John and his wife, fiber artist Mary Burns, live on the Manitowish River in Iron County, WI, where they raised two daughters.
Courses offered:
Writing at Home in the Natural World
Wisconsin’s Remnant Old-Growth Forests: Island Lake Hemlocks SNA
Wisconsin’s Last Undeveloped Lakes: Paddling Mud Lake
Wisconsin’s Last Undeveloped Lakes: Paddling Upson Lake
Visioning: Responding to Nature Through Writing
Exploring the Wild Undeveloped Lakes of Iron County – Moose Lake, Frog Lake, and Plunkett Lake – with Susan Knight and Mary Burns
Beaver Creek Hemlocks Natural History Hike
Birding the Little Turtle Flowage by Boat and on Foot
Terra Mater Nature Preserve Hike
Ecology, Diversity and Beauty of Northwoods Forests
Land of Lakes: Ecology of the Northern Highland Lakes, with Terry Daulton
Spring Flora of the North Woods, with Mary Burns
Birding Skills Workshop, with Joan Elias
Identification of Migratory Songbirds with Joan Elias
