Peter D. Nordgren grew up around Couderay in northwest Wisconsin, where his family’s business was canoes. He graduated from Winter

Schools and earned a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Superior, M.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and Ph.D from the

University of Minnesota.

He is the founder of WXPR Public Radio in Rhinelander, and among the founders of WOJB at Lac Courte Oreilles, KMHA in northwest North Dakota, 

and KUWS in Duluth-Superior. He taught and worked at Bemidji State University and Nicolet College before returning to UW-Superior as a faculty member.

He served UWS as a technology director, associate dean, and interim associate vice chancellor, and is professor emeritus of library science.

Paddling, XC skiing, and hiking while maintaining the North Country National Scenic Trail are among his and Deb’s retirement activities. 

He occasionally writes for Silent Sports magazine.

Book Blurb

If you and your family moved to the shore of a small northern Wisconsin lake, what would you find there?

That’s the question answered in “A Place on Water,” a new book by Peter D. Nordgren. Readers will enjoy a close-up the fauna and flora 

of the small property on which the Nordgrens build their new home.  Along the way, tales are shared of a lifetime spent in Wisconsin’s north country.  

In fifty-two short essays, Nordgren takes readers around the lake, into the depths, along the shore, and up into the branches of the forest.  

What is found there brings the comfort of familiarity, the surprise of the unexpected, and the mystery of the unknown.  A falling oak, a scampering mouse,

 iris blossoms in a wetland, and a late-lingering loon are among the new acquaintances whose stories are shared.  “A Place on Water” connects readers 

with nature and opens their eyes to what happens in the natural community around them, every day.

“A Place on Water” is published by North Branch.  It can be purchased in local bookstores, or online through www.northbranch.info or www.bookshop.org.