“Be like the swamp and the bog who remain wild even after everything else has been tamed. Go in and see for yourself-one is sure to stumble upon something that rouses their soul awake.”

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Anthony Anselmo is a father, former fish & wildlife specialist, and an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa. He is the author of The Spirit of the North Wind and has a monthly nature column in the Grand Rapids Herald Review. He lives in northern Minnesota, where he is a land surveyor and writer using his voice to speak for the land who cannot speak for itself.