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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Aug 29, 2026
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Mark Walters along with Star and Ben, his Golden Retrievers, in 1995 hike 130 miles of the North Country Trail.

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Star and Pearl always protect Selina, as in a photo taken in April 2001.

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Star and Pearl pull sleds on the ice of Green Bay from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, following the shoreline to Gills Rock, Wisconsin.

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Mark Walters lives near Necedah, Wisconsin. An outdoor-adventures writer since 1989, he enjoys hobby farming, adventure and anything outdoors. "If I wasn't earning a living as a writer I would want to be a beef farmer," he says. Email sunsetoutdoors@tds.net to reach him.