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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge Proposal Wins Federal Approval
This past week saw some great news this week for citizens of the greater Chicago region as well as southeast Wisconsin. The US Dept of the Interior has announced the approval of the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, a constellation of … Continue reading
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Labor-Managment Conflict in Blue-Collar America: The Caterpillar Strike in Joliet
Without Caterpillar Corporation, I probably wouldn’t exist. Once upon a time, a Kansas farm boy (my grandfather) moved to central Illinois with some of his brothers to find work. He eventually caught on at Caterpillar in Peoria, where he became … Continue reading
Leopold’s Shack, Wild Turkeys, and the Wisconsin River
This summer my family and I took our annual vacation to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where we camp out at the Bryson family cabin — a fairly humble one-room cottage in Hiawatha National Forest on the shores of little … Continue reading
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