The Seattle-based conservation nonprofit focusing on birds has received a lot of attention, including in local and national news media, because it is removing “Audubon” from our organizational name. This is not a helpful place for the spotlight to remain trained. If the focus of…
This year’s calendar features all birds and wildlife from the Pacific Northwest. The cover is my three-time, award-winning image, which was published in Bird Photographer of the Year, Collection 7, due out in December. It’s a little gruesome, so I didn’t think anyone would want…
Red foxes, and some human interactions, from San Juan Island, Washington, 2021-22. All but one photo, as noted, is by Glenn Nelson. The exception appears courtesy of Nate Luebbe. (Note: Click on an image to launch a full-sized viewer).
This is the third travelogue in a 3-part series. Read part 1, “Nez Perce Trail: BIPOCs & Battlefields & Bears.” Read part 2, “Gentrification of Wilderness” As billowy powder flocked the countryside, Sassia and I squeezed through the Bitterroot Mountains, winding astride Gibbons Pass, then…
This is the second travelogue in a 3-part series. Read part 1, “Nez Perce Trail: BIPOCs & Battlefields & Bears.” Read part 3, “Chasing Liberty on the Nez Perce Trail” Until recently, I’d refused to even contemplate the phrase “loved to death” when applied to…
This is the first travelogue in a 3-part series. Read part 2, “Gentrification of Wilderness.” Read part 3, “Chasing Liberty on the Nez Perce Trail” It finally dawned on us after we walked into the La Tinga restaurant in downtown Billings, Montana. There, we met…
