I am a news reporter, writer and investigative journalist specializing in environment, outdoor and civil rights reporting.

I began my career over 30 years ago as a young teenager in Augusta, GA after moving south during the middle of high school.

In 1986, I was co-coordinator (with Mr. Terence Dicks) of the original James Brown Appreciation Day in Augusta, GA, where the Godfather of Soul was always trashed by the local media who found no reasons to print or report anything positive about the m

Quotes to live by from Richard Bach 1977 book "Illusions - The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah"

"True family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof."

"Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a false messiah."

Earth Keeper founder Rev. Jon created the Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project in the summer of 2008.

Teens from the Marquette, MI area and youth from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community built butterfly houses in an effort to protect pollinators.

Butterflies are great pollinators and the project is important because honeybee colonies are disappearing across the U.S. at an alarming rate.

The youths planted over 26,000 indigenous plants that help pollinators thrive.

Rev. Magnuson created the interfai