Elizabeth Anne Wilkens, Betty, was born in 1942, and has spent 70 years of that time living in rural areas of Wisconsin and Minnesota. She and her husband, Dan, have four children, seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Betty has worked as an educator, farmer, and musician. She is well known as a volunteer with state and local agencies and organizations, serving Minnesotans as a conservationist, angler, hunter, and outdoor skills mentor. After retirement, she began documenting the natural world she lives in through photography; video and time lapse sequences can be viewed at vimeo.com/ewilkens/albums