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January Speaker Meeting – Jim DuFresne
January 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Jim DuFresne Explores Katmai National Park
Author and MFFC member Jim DuFresne will give his presentation, Katmai National Park: Paddling in the Land of Bears, at the Club’s Speaker’s Meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 10.
DuFresne is the long-time author of Lonely Planets’ Alaska travel guidebook, and its Hiking In Alaska guide. His presentation is based on his trip to Katmai National Park in the mid-1990s when he joined five other kayakers to paddle the Savonoski River Loop, a seven-day adventure in the heart of this 3.9 million-acre wilderness.
DuFresne made this trip in early August when the park’s famous salmon runs were at their peak and brown bears, some that tipped the scales at a 1,000-pound, were everywhere gorging on the spawning fish.
DuFresne has been the production editor of The Evening Hatch since 2020 and a frequent contributor to itclare pages.
The meeting starts at 7:30 pm, and the 45-minute presentation will begin around 8:00 pm. DuFresne’s show will be followed by a short question-and-answer period if there is time. MFFC meetings are at
Clarenceville Middle School at Middlebelt Road, between 7 and 8 Mile Roads, in Livonia.
Find Jim DuFresne’s other trekking guides by typing “lonely planet dufresne” into Amazon’s search bar.
Find his Michigan trail books and maps at MichiganTrailMaps.com.