An immeasurable loss.
Were he still with us, George would be writing up a storm about the ongoing attack on Wisconsin's waters since the chamber of commerce mentality took over the DNR.
The West Virginia open-pit mining outfit that wants to dynamite the Penokee Hills near Ashland and toxify the Bad River watershed close to treaty-protected Ojibwe land and wild-rice estuaries would have had to hire a dozen full-time flacks when the guy in the fishing hat turned "North County Notebook" their way.
His books are available on Amazon, and, I'm sure, in Madison bookstores.
Today would be a good day to pick up a copy and make sure his work continues.