MICHAEL FURTMAN

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY

PERSONAL DATA
Address: 502 Leicester Avenue
Duluth, MN 55803
Graduate, Duluth Cathedral High School
Graduate, University of Minnesota, Duluth
email: questions@michaelfurtman.com

Writing: Magazines/Periodicals
Author of hundreds of magazine articles. Publications include: Boy's Life; Boundary Waters Journal; Bugle (Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation); CANOE; Ducks Unlimited Magazine; Field & Stream; Fish and Wildlife Today; Fly Fisherman; Fly Rod & Reel; Geo-Korea; Gun Dog; Lone Star Outdoors; Midwest Living; Minnesota Conservation Volunteer; Minnesota Outdoor News; Midwest Fly Fishing; Minnesota Monthly; Northern Wilds; Pheasants Forever Journal; Outdoor America (Izaak Walton League); Sky Magazine (Delta Airlines); Sports Afield; Terra Savauge; TROUT;  Texas Parks and Wildlife, Wildfowl; Wisconsin Outdoor News;  and numerous others.

Current conservation columnist for Midwest Fly Fishing. Former columnist on wetland and waterfowl conservation for Wildfowl magazine; former columnist for Geese International Review.

Writing: Books
Author of: Why Birds Do That (2004 Willow Creek Press); Whitetail Hunting (2004 Creative Publishing International); Duck Country (2001 Ducks Unlimited); Magic on the Rocks (2000 Birch Portage Press); On the Wings of a North Wind (2000 Adventure Publishing); Ruffed Grouse, Woodland Drummer (1999 NorthWord Press); Black Bear Country (1998 NorthWord Press); Seasons of the Elk (1997 NorthWord Press); Whitetail - Phantom of the Forest (1996 NorthWord Press); Trout Country, (1995 NorthWord Press); Sky Spirit, The American Bald Eagle (1994 NorthWord Press); Wild Goose Country (1992 NorthWord Press); Canoe Country Camping (1992 Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishing); On the Wings of a North Wind (1991 Stackpole Press); A Season For Wilderness (1989 NorthWord Press); and A Boundary Waters Fishing Guide (1984 Birch Portage Press).

Contributor (chapters) to Snowsports; Paddlesports; Birdwatching; Backcountry Treks; American Safari (2000- 2001, all published by Discovery Network/Insight Guides); Contributor, Nature's Tranquility, NorthWord Press, 1999: Contributor (foreword) to Elk (Daniel J. Cox), 1992; Contributor (essay) to North Writers, A Strong Woods Collection (John Henricksson, Editor), 1991; Contributor (foreword) to Black Bear (Daniel J. Cox), 1989.

Editing: Books
Chased by the Light (Jim Brandendburg, 1998); Into the Wind, (Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick, 1994); Brother Wolf, (Jim Brandenburg, 1993)

Editing: Magazines/Periodicals
Editor of Superior Experience, 1990-91, U.S. Forest Service, Superior National Forest; Editor of Steelhead News, newsletter of the Lake Superior Steelhead Association, 1982-89; Editor of Lake Superior Angler magazine, 1985-88.
 

Photography: Magazines
Photos have appeared in dozens of regional and national magazines, including Boundary Waters Journal; CANOE; Bugle (Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation); Field & Stream; Fly Rod & Reel; Ducks Unlimited Magazine; Fish and Wildlife Today; Gun Dog; Midwest Fly Fishing; Minnesota Conservation Volunteer; Minnesota Outdoor News; Northern Wilds; Outdoor America; Pheasants Forever Journal; Retriever Journal; Sporting Classics; Sky Magazine (Delta Airlines); Sports Afield; Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine; The Loon; Wing and Shot; Wildfowl. 

Photography: Books
Photos in: Magic on the Rocks (Furtman); On The Wings of A North Wind (Furtman); Nature's Tranquility; Wild Goose Country (Furtman); Painted Dreams (Conway); Spirit of the North (Klein); Canoe Country, An Embattled Wilderness (Backes - front cover); Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Crowley and Link - cover and interior); A Boundary Waters Fishing Guide (Furtman).

Television/Video:
Writer, scripts, Ducks Unlimited Television; Co-writer, scripts, Trout Unlimited TV; Co-Host and co-writer of ESPN2's "Outdoor Ethics" sponsored by the Izaak Walton League of America and Orvis (2000-2002).

Technical advisor for Leave No Trace, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness visitor education film, U.S. Forest Service. Technical advisor for ProVideo on several television commercials. Numerous appearances on television news spots regarding conservation or environmental issues; numerous appearances on public television panel discussions on conservation issues.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member, Outdoor Writers Association of America, 1985 to present.

AWARDS
Winner, 2007 People's Choice Award Photo Contest, OWAA Conference Roanake, Virginia; Winner, 2007 First Place Action Fauna, OWAA Photo Contest; Winner, 2006, OWAA Photo Contests (numerous categories) Tie, People Choice Award Photo, 2006 OWAA Conference; Winner, 2005 Excellence in Craft Photography Awards; First and Second places, Black and White Action; First Place, Black and White Fauna category; Second Place Color Fauna category; Second Place, Color Action Category. Winner, 2004, Excellence in Craft, Natural History Writing, Outdoor Writers Association of America; 2003, Ducks Unlimited's Conservation Communicator of the Year Award; Winner, 2003, First Place, Outdoor Writers Association of America Natural History Writing Excellence in Craft; Winner, 2003, Second Place Excellence in Craft Award, Outdoor Writers Association of America, Take Pride In America Conservation category; Winner, 2003, Saint Louis River Citizens  Action Committee Media Award for watershed habitat protection;  Winner, 2002, Trout Unlimited's Communications in Coldwater Conservation Award; Winner, 2002, Outdoor Writers Association of America, Excellence in Craft First Place National Book Award for Duck Country; Third Place, 2002, Outdoor Writers Association of America, Excellence in Craft, Big Game Magazine category for essay, Remorse and Honor; Winner, "Thinking Like A Mountain" essay contest (for Remorse and Honor), Izaak Walton League of America, 2001; Jade of Chiefs Conservation Award, Outdoor Writers Association of America, 2000; Lowell Thomas Award, Society of American Travel Writers Foundation, 2000; Best Nature Book (Black Bear Country), Minnesota Book Awards, 1999; Ed Franey Conservation Writing Award, Izaak Walton League of America, 1998; Best How-To Book, Midwest Book Publishers Award, 1993; Benjamin Franklin Award, Publishers Marketing Association, 1993; Third Place, National Book Awards, Outdoor Writers Association of America, 1993; Citation of Excellence, Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, 1992; Second Place, National Book Awards, Outdoor Writers Association of America, 1992; Ed Franey Conservation Writing Award, Izaak Walton League of America, 1991; Service Awards from Lake Superior Steelhead Association for Editing Steelhead News and Lake Superior Angler, 1986 and 1988.

CONSERVATION
Advisory Board, Minnesota Sea Grant; Environmental Advisory Board, Blandin Paper Company (UPM-Kymmene); Wolf Management Plan Roundtable, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources; Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) Federal Mediation Panel; Minnesota Forest Resources Council, Riparian Technical Team; U.S. Forest Service BWCAW Management Plan Citizen Council; U.S. Forest Service BWCAW Outfitter-Guide Policy Team.