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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. 

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Bluegills

We fished with vintage gear and landed bullish slab bluegills. We laughed and celebrated the big little fish and filled…
Tim Van Deelen
July 21, 2022
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Great Bear

Anthropologist Julien d’Huy and his collaborators collected Cosmic Hunt stories from around the world and broke them down into discrete,…
Tim Van Deelen
June 30, 2022
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52 Snakes

The “what good?” question is misguided. It defines “good” in terms of human interests and commodifies nature,
Tim Van Deelen
June 9, 2022
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Big Show

This is the big show. The players are arriving, and the curtain is rising. I’m a recent adult-onset birder, but…
Tim Van Deelen
April 28, 2022
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Shut It Down!

Easter is simultaneously the most earthy and transcendent moment of Christianity. What I cannot reconcile is our cavalier attitude toward…
Tim Van Deelen
April 14, 2022