Connectivity

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to visit our country's first National Park, at a time when only 10% of their yearly visitors make the trip to Yellowstone.  Our adventure started on the west entrance of the park where we entered by snowcoach (a vehicle uniquely suited to driving on packed snow with tractor-like treads and skis serving as front tires).  The first thing to come into view was the beautiful Madison Valley with the Madison River on one side and great volcanic slopes on the other.  Before you see any of the wildlife along the river you notice that there ar

The truth about conservation is that some of the best work is done by intelligent folks sitting in front of computer screens, tied to a global community by a tangle of phone and internet lines, or in a board rooms surrounded by like-minded Patagonia- and Carhartt-clad colleagues. Several years ago I made the commitment to surrender to the requisite technology, frequent meetings, plane trips and long days indoors that are needed to make effective conservation happen; however, I also vowed to live within the wild archetypal landscapes I work hard to conserve.