Longtime North Shore-based outdoor writer Shawn Perich has moved south for a few weeks from his usual home in Cook County to Rochester, Minnesota.
Perich, who grew up in Duluht’s Piedmont neighborhood, is in the second week of a six-week program of radiation sessions at the Mayo Clinic to battle a brain tumor discovered after he suffered seizure-like symptoms last fall.
Perich was eventually diagnosed with glioblastoma, frequently called Glioblastoma Multiforme, or GBM for short. A tumor was removed during emergency brain surgery on Nov. 30.
On Tuesday Perich said in an email message that he was feeling strong “lifting arm weights and taking the dog on long walks in Quarry Hill Park.”
A gofundme.com campaign has been established to raise money to help cover Perich’s expenses not covered by insurance. As of Wednesday morning the fundraiser had raised about $8,000 of a $50,000 goal.
Perich, 62, has lived in the tip of Minnesota’s Arrowhead since 1987. Since 2004 has been the editor and co-publisher of Northern Wilds magazine based out of Grand Marais. An avid hunter and angler, Perich graduated from Denfeld High School in 1977 and went on to earn an English degree at UMD in 1981 “because they didn’t have a fishing degree,” he told the news Tribune for a 2020 profile on him.
If you follow Minnesota’s outdoor scene you’ve probably read something Perich has written, including dozens of freelance stories for magazines like the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, Fly Rod and Reel, National Wildlife Federation and more. He was a longtime field editor and columnist for Minnesota Outdoor News, a weekly newspaper aimed at hunting and fishing enthusiasts, where his weekly Points North column ran for 25 years. And he’s written eight books, some on fishing and hunting and others on scenic drives and North Shore attractions.
Perich won the Ed Franey award from the Izaak Walton League of America for his service to conservation causes like preserving wild lands and clean water. He also served on the Minnesota Forest Resources Council for many years, representing the interests of hunters and anglers on the board that helps direct logging policy in the state.
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