Peggy Farrell is the director of the International and Wisconsin Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) programs. In her 18 years with BOW, she has welcomed thousands of women to the outdoors by teaching them beginner-level outdoor skills that help them better enjoy nature and feel more confident.
Farrell’s outdoor writing has been published in magazines including Wisconsin Natural Resources, North American Hunter, and North American Fisherman and has been featured in a variety of newspapers and on-line publications. Her diverse background includes training in natural resources, journalism, public relations, advertising, editing and publishing, and hunter education. Farrell has a master’s degree in environmental education from UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources.
She lives on a small farm outside Amherst, Wisconsin with Border Collies Oona and Andrew, Carl and Charlie the goats, along with several fancy-breed domestic chickens and geese. Farrell’s interests turkey hunting, gardening, music, poetry, and fishing.