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Mercer resident featured on PBS television show

MERCER, Wis. — Mercer resident Jeff Richter’s hobby started small. He began taking photographs, which later developed into videos and has had his work featured in a book.

But now, his hobby has reached new heights, a national television show.

Richter will appear on the PBS show, “Nature” in an episode “The Private Life of Deer,” airing tonight at 7 p.m. Richter’s work specifically focuses on a certain type of deer, the albino White Tail.

“I had never seen one before, and when I opened a gallery in Boulder Junction a number of years ago, people were talking about how many white deer there were...