John Bates
Free and Open to the Public!
Location: Madeline Island Museum
The Big Bang, evolution, natural selection, population dynamics, adaptations, reproductive strategies, animal behavior, wildlife management—here’s Wildlife Ecology 101 in 50 minutes through the comic lens of Far Side, Calvin and Hobbs, and others.
Laugh your way to knowing more about wildlife while you’re hiking or paddling.
Speaker: John Bates, naturalist guide, educator and author.
John Bates is the author of 11 books and a contributor to eight others, all of which focus on the natural history of the Northwoods.
He has worked as a naturalist in Wisconsin’s Northwoods for over 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 the Northwoods Land Trust.
John has an 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.
