I will be sporting my "America Needs Historians" shirt tomorrow at the No Kings Rally in Lansing, Michigan.

I head out on my 2025 Podcast Tour in 3 weeks. Besides camping equipment, clothes, and food, 11 of the 16 nights will be camping, I am gathering research material, a box of primary and secondary sources, including these books. I figure that my 3rd season will be entirely on this trip.

It's Monday. That means a brand new episode of the North Country History podcast. Listen this week to Episode 02, Season 02, "The Civilian Conservation Corps Part 1: The New Deal's Outdoors Restoration Program" with guest Phil Naud.
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Hello! Season 2 of the North Country History podcast has debuted. Listen here for an introduction to the new season and for a recap of Season 1.
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A special bonus episode of the North Country History podcast to honor Memorial Day is now live. Listen here to learn about Edward Hartwick-Soldier and Lumberman.
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World’s Toughest Boat Trips | The Great Lakes, USA | Free Documentary YouTube video by Free Documentary

One of my past freelance projects was working with the Globe Trekker crew on their Tough Boats Great Lakes episode.
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Thank you everyone for supporting the podcast. 500 downloads is a nice beginning!

A bonus episode of the North Country History with Rob Burg. Learn of David Ward's timber cruising in 1854, battling deep snow and below zero temperatures and racing a competing timber cruiser in purchasing 16,000 acres of prime timber.
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The final episode of Season 1 of the podcast is now available. Listen here to "Deward: The Last of Michigan's Lumber Boomtowns."
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11 episodes in, I have 375 downloads from five different countries. I gained a listener in Thailand this week! These stats do not include my YouTube followers, so there might be other foreign audience members there. I do know that my uncle listens on YouTube, so that's a few more Canadian downloads.

Episode 11 of North Country History with Rob Burg is now streaming. This week I talk with Craig Kasmer about "The Wildlife of the Forests." Forests have been home to many animals and major disturbances have affected these species.
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And that's a wrap! The final episode of Season 1 of the North Country History with Rob Burg podcast is ready to be released. Episode 12, "Deward: The Last of Michigan's Lumber Boomtown" premiers on March 10.
Season 2 will premier in June.

This week's episode of the North Country History with Rob Burg podcast is live. Listen to "Sigurd Olson and the Meaning of Wilderness." Sigurd Olson was a leading voice in the movement to preserve wilderness.
Listen to the podcast here:
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This week's episode, "Karen Hartwick and Hartwick Pines State Park" is out. Special guest, Hillary Pine, the historian at Hartwick Pines State Park, shares the story of Karen Hartwick and the creation of Hartwick Pines State Park.
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One of the best things that I have seen today.

I can't do it right now. Bluesky is nice, but this is really a Twitter/X replacement, not FB/Instagram. For me, launching my podcast, I absolutely need FB right now.

It's another episode of the North Country History with Rob Burg podcast. This week I travel to the Historic Higgins Lake Nursery and the Beal Plantation in Grayling to introduce you to "The Birth of Reforestation."
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

The newest episode of the North Country History with Rob Burg podcast is out now. Listen to "Winter Logging" here.
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Do you love forests? Then please checkout my podcast on the Forest History of the Great Lakes.
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