North Country History with Rob Burg

Home of the "North Country History with Rob Burg" podcast, exploring the Forests of the Great Lakes. I will be your guide on this adventure of exploring the history of the Great Lakes forests from precontact to the fur trade; the 19th century lumber boom, wildfires, and environmental degradation, to reforestation and conservation; and modern forest recreation and responsible modern forestry. Each episode will explore a different topic about the Great Forests of the Great Lakes.

Rob Burg is an environmental historian with more than thirty years of experience working in museums and history agencies in Michigan, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania. Rob began working in forest history in 1998 when he became the site historian for the Michigan History Museum's Hartwick Pines Logging Museum and the CCC Museum. Rob has presented programs to a variety of audiences throughout the United States and Canada, authored numerous articles, and is now launching the North Country History podcast.