Home: Duluth • Age: 72
Occupation: Business owner, retired. Insurance and financial planning.
Honors: Past national president, Izaak Walton League. Outdoor Life Conservationist of the year. Two honorary doctorate degrees.
Field pursuits: Bird hunter, angler. Particularly fond of rivers and trout fishing.
Quote: "To be successful as a hunter, fisher or trapper you have to live close to the earth. You have to know about the woods and the animals and the rhythms of nature. I love the culture of hunting and fishing, and the men and women of hunting and fishing. I never cease to be excited about it."
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![Leroy Chiovitte holds the walleye he caught on May 13, 1979, on Lake Saganaga.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/ZXUCHBNUYJEEDKTDBVQH74PRQE.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Anderson: Chiovitte's state record walleye shouldn't be thrown back
The DNR has changed the way it recognizes Minnesota's biggest fish, but the walleye record should still stand.
Outdoors
![Justin Wathke holds a walleye caught with the help of a forward-facing sonar unit.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/NBP7FZ4X2JHWJFXPT36HLMXQVY.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Anderson: Minnesota's muskies are no match for sonar gadget
Minnesota muskies were trending downward before advent of forward-facing sonar, which redoubles the threat to these trophy fish. DNR likely will be slow to act, so anglers must.
Outdoors
![Grace Zeller, a Department of Natural Resources helicopter pilot shown on an unrelated flight, helped extract two injured paddlers in the Curtain Fall](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/XA7XD2DUKVFFHJFYACD6P2UQFA.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Anderson: Anatomy of a nighttime helicopter rescue in Boundary Waters
DNR pilot Grace Zeller recounts sudden involvement in nighttime rescue of injured paddlers below Curtain Falls.
Outdoors
![Autumn hunting seasons are months away, but summertime training of retrievers and other breeds benefits both canines and their human companions.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/5QSBQ6IBHJBEDPFLVUTWWQLKZQ.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Anderson: With summer training, know a dog's tail is meant to wag
Though hunting seasons are months away, bonds between dogs and their partners are often solidified in June, July and August.
Outdoors
![Among ground nesting birds in Minnesota, the pheasant has the largest fan base, thanks to the bird's more than 100-year history in the state.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/ZNCLDDHGBBDF7DADXU2DJZOP24.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Anderson: Did June rain wash away Minnesota pheasant nesting prospects?
Poised for a population comeback, Minnesota pheasants see nesting success threatened by rains.