Publication History
BOOKS
1. OUTHOUSES; photos by Jim Umhoefer: MBI, Inc. 2005
2. Fodor's 2003 USA Guide: Minnesota and Wisconsin Chapter updates (current project)
3. Fodor's 2001 USA Guide: Minnesota and Wisconsin chapter updates
4. OUTHOUSES: IMAGES and CONTEMPLATIONS; two photographs by Jim Umhoefer; BrownTrout Publishers, Inc. (San Mateo, CA; 1998)
5. GUIDE TO MINNESOTA OUTDOORS; text and photographs by Jim Umhoefer; NorthWord Press, Inc. (Minocqua, WI; 1992); 3rd printing
6. GUIDE TO WISCONSIN OUTDOORS; text and photographs by Jim Umhoefer; NorthWord Press, Inc. (Minocqua, WI; 1990) 3rd printing
7. OLD WORLD WISCONSIN; cover photography by Jim Umhoefer; Heartland Press (Minocqua, WI; 1990)
8. HEALTHY LIVING IN WISCONSIN (anthology; "Ah, Wisconsin Wilderness!" by Jim Umhoefer); Montgomery Media, Inc. (Milwaukee; 1989)
9. ALL SEASON GUIDE TO MINNESOTA'S PARKS, CANOE ROUTES and TRAILS; test and photographs by Jim Umhoefer; NorthWord Press, Inc. (1984)
10. ALL SEASON GUIDE TO WISCONSIN'S PARKS, FORESTS, and TRAILS; text and photographs by Jim Umhoefer; NorthWord Press, Inc. (1982)
AWARDS
The Friends of the UM-Duluth Library: Fifth Annual Northeastern Minnesota Book Award (1993) for GUIDE TO MINNESOTA OUTDOORS
Council for Wisconsin Writers: 1983 Non-Fiction award for ALL SEASON GUIDE TO WISCONSIN'S PARKS, FORESTS, and TRAILS
RELATED ACTIVITIES
Originator/Facilitator of Sinclair Lewis Writers Conferences (1990-present) for the Sinclair Lewis Foundation of Sauk Centre, MN
Photographer/publicist for NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL (NOLS) Canyon Section of Semester in the Rockies course; Sept.-Oct. 1997
Photographer/publicist for WORLD ATHLETIC TOURS international track meets in Jamaica, West Indies; summer 1979
Photographer-Writer for the University of Wisconsin-Madison DAILY CARDINAL newspaper; 1974-77