Greg Seitz

I wrote an essay about the St. Croix River's geographic history—its place in the world, its connections to the surrounding region, its intersections of land, water, and wildlife, the ways people have navigated it over time, and the maps they’ve made. www.agatemag.com/2026/08/huma...

Our reporter Neal Justin spent time on set with Nicolas Cage in Stillwater, Minn. Here’s what it was like 🎥🎬 (🎁🔗)

Not going to lie, having Nic Cage shooting a movie nearby makes me happy through simple proximity. He is one of one.

I wrote about rats for @racketmn.com!

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

I got to release some baby lake sturgeon into the wild yesterday. Many of them will outlive me.

You are cordially invited to the first-ever St. Croix River Tales floating film showcase, premiering several amazing short films Friday night on a riverboat out of Stillwater. There'll be additional independent films, music, food and drink, and fun fun fun. www.eventbrite.com/e/square-lak...

Historical surveys focused on structures & buildings long before they recognized cultural landscape features, leaving disparities in inventories of historic resources. It’s always seemed absurd to me, for example, that a dam would be seen as historic while the river it blocks is not considered.

Dams & bridges fit easily in the ‘built environment’ focus of traditional historic preservation in the U.S., while landscape features like rivers are more likely to be ‘invisible’ when assessing effects, falsely pitting perceptions of cultural vs natural resources against one another.

Monarchs are on the move and it is like a being in the middle of a fairy migration.

Soccer practice with migrating nighthawks swooping overhead, a very late August situation.

A Republican governor could reverse this, right? I’m not even sure Klobuchar would leave it be.

Spent some time with tiny, endangered, Karner blue butterflies earlier this week.

Kind of funny how easy the transition is between Doug Martsch and Taylor Swift

Spent some time with tiny, endangered, Karner blue butterflies earlier this week.

I spent a couple days last week doing research for my book at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison. A beautiful building full of archived knowledge, helpful librarians, and letters and photos no one had looked at in decades.

No tern-ing back: Exploring the Gordon Flowage and visiting the creatures that call it home Come along on for a magical morning accompanied by some endangered birds.

The two best days of going to Wisconsin Dells are the day you leave and the next day

Smoke on the St. Croix last night made a surreal atmosphere for a relaxing paddle.

Global calamities: continue unabated The stock market:

Back in September 2011, I was camped in the BWCAW when the Pagami Creek Fire blew up. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time resulted in my photos being on the Star Tribune front page and even BoingBoing as featured by @maggiek.bsky.social. boingboing.net/2011/09/21/a...

Bison doing what they do best (eating grass and being feisty).

Upper Saint Croix in July. After tonight’s 5” rain, it will be much higher in the morning.

A friend is going to be in the July 4th parade in King City, California tomorrow. The name makes me chuckle.

Temporary dam drawdown threatens to flush significant sediment into St. Croix River Lake association seeks solution to sedimentation, but opponents say it would send pollution into the St. Croix.

"Of the one hundred strong and stout-hearted sons of Washington county who bade farewell to home and friends at the head of Lake St. Croix on that April morning over two years before, by reason of sickness, shot and shell only thirty-five answered to the roll-call on the eve of [Gettysburg]..."

Nina Totenberg knew RBG was dying but kept it secret because she considered her a friend. I've never understood how she kept her job after that. Maybe it could have prevented this type of mistake.

The Twins may have lost again last night, but my kids didn't want to leave Target Field until the last out, so that's a victory for my family.

I saw a badger in the sand barrens.

Paddled through here this afternoon. No log jam.

I'm guiding a paddle on the St. Croix River on Saturday when I'll share some of my favorite river writers. It'll be fun and the weather is looking great. Still a few spots open! go.theflybook.com/book/1554/En...

Dragonfly hunting on the upper St. Croix yesterday. Also a purple wartyback mussel.

The wood thrush starts singing and all the other birds go quiet.

We canoed among fireflies last night. Came across one on the water's surface. Somehow got it on my paddle. Placed it on the thwart, carried him along until he disappeared into the darkness.

This is how I crammed the entire Old Testament in about three days during my freshman year of college in 1999.

Announcing the ‘Layers of River History’ guided paddled series Join Greg Seitz on a relaxing and revealing trip down the St. Croix River.

Recently watched a ruby-throated hummingbird conduct his morning ablutions at an artisanal spring in northwest Wisconsin.

Roughly 30 million birds crossed Wisconsin last night during migration, and at around 3:40 am, there were nearly 50 million birds in the air. Bird migration time is peaking around this time of year, so keep the lights off overnight to help them fly safely. dashboard.birdcast.org/region/US-WI

Didn't fish today, chased feathers instead of fins, opted for friends in the forest over water and boats. No catching, no releasing, just awe. No regrets.

TODAY is officially Native Fish Day in Minnesota!!! Governor Walz has signed the proclamation recognizing the value of native fishes, particularly those under-appreciated, so-called rough fish. I think Sir David Attenborough (turning 100 years old today) would approve!

You can now watch a recording of my recent presentation about #deepmapping and the book I'm working on.

The border between Minnesota and Wisconsin is about 300 miles long. The St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers comprise about 260 miles of that. Roads run along a mere 11 miles of the border. This is one such stretch: Wisconsin on the left and Minnesota on the right.

Paddled Horse Creek in western Wisconsin yesterday. Flows down the valley carved by glacial meltwater. Shot culverts, limboed under bridges and electric fences, saw wildlife beyond measure. Creek meanders across the valley, we went 12 miles to cover 5.5 miles as the crow flies. Excellent adventure.