Patrick Shea
Natural Resources ReporterPatrick Shea was a environmental reporter at Interlochen Public Radio. Before joining IPR, he worked a variety of jobs in conservation, forestry, prescribed fire and trail work. He earned a degree in natural resources from Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, and his interest in reporting grew as he studied environmental journalism at the University of Montana's graduate school.
During graduate school, Patrick worked as a freelance reporter. He's published stories with Energy News Network, Earth Island Journal, The Progressive, Native News Online and more.
Since returning to the Great Lakes, Patrick has been working IPR's environmental beat, with a special focus on the Points North podcast. His science background helps inform the questions he asks as a reporter, and he's grateful to the IPR news staff for their guidance and expertise as audio storytellers.
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The idea that wilderness is untouched by man is written into law, but it’s not so accurate. Humans have used fire to shape many places we call “wilderness.” A look at how tree rings affirm a long history of indigenous land management. -
Flying squirrels glow pink under a blacklight. How many other mammals do this? What causes them to glow? The hardest question of all might never be answered: why?
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Every spring since 1996, volunteers from around the state have participated in a frog and toad survey. But after 27 years of citizen science, it's been canceled indefinitely.
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The pink-footed goose's nesting grounds are deep within the Arctic Circle. They’re most often found in Greenland and in Svalbard, a group of islands north of Norway.
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Students at Lake Superior State University gathered to 'burn negativity' and celebrate the changing seasons.
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On Beaver Island, St. Patrick's Day means celebrating history, singing and dancing and throwing a frozen fish as far as you can.
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The proposed Great Lakes Consent Decree was among many issues brought forward at the Natural Resource Commission's monthly meeting last week at Shanty Creek Resorts.
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These days, Beulah is mostly a summer destination. But through the 1920s and 30s, an annual smelt festival meant April was peak season.
