About the Author

Jim Buchholz’s passion for the outdoors began at an early age and led him to attend the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Management and Biology. After graduation, he began his 40-year career with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as a park ranger at Hartman Creek State Park, the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest and at High Cliff State Park. He later served as a state park supervisor at Devil’s Lake State Park, Wyalusing State Park and the Kohler-Andrae and Harrington Beach State Park work unit.


Jim’s lifelong interest in outdoor writing resulted in the publication of his first book, Wild Wisconsin Notebook, an illustrated collection of 144 nature-based essays featuring Wisconsin’s wild animals and native plants. He also wrote a bi-monthly nature column featured in The Sheboygan Press newspaper for 14 years. Today, Jim continues to explore, write and photograph Wisconsin’s wildlife and extensive scenic and treasured sites throughout the state. He also enjoys camping and nature walks, often accompanied by his children and grandchildren. He and his wife live near Plymouth in the forested Kettle Moraine region of Sheboygan County. 

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