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Tim Van Deelen

Tim Van Deelen is Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He grew up in Hudsonville, Michigan, and graduated from Calvin College. From there he went on to the University of Montana and Michigan State University. He now studies large mammal population dynamics, sails on Lake Mendota, enjoys a good plate of whitefish, and gains hope for the future from terrific graduate students. 

Day 3

I waded in, over the sandbar and up to my neck. There in the gentle waves, there in the near…
Tim Van Deelen
July 20, 2023

Seeing Red

I love this frequent little trip. I can list little pleasures that I attend that are becoming rituals of place.
Tim Van Deelen
May 25, 2023

Work Song

In the gray afternoon, I took the overbuilt treehouse down – backing out hundreds of deck screws driven in fifteen…
Tim Van Deelen
April 27, 2023

Here

I watched the waves, just watched with no expectation. I saw rhythms and patterns form and then dissolve and then…
Tim Van Deelen
March 16, 2023

Wrung Out

During late winter, the landscape shows its glacial bones. Unnatural contours and junk and rocks piled together betray its history.
Tim Van Deelen
February 16, 2023