This one-minute video homage to Spring was filmed a few days ago while snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park along North Saint Vrain Creek at Copeland Falls. (I suggest that you click the "full screen" button when viewing the … [Read more]
Lawsuit filed over Palmer Deposit mine exploration near Chilkat River bald eagle preserve
The conflict over establishing a hardrock mine near the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska took a new turn recently with the filing of a lawsuit by an Alaska Native Tlingit tribe and three environmental groups. The group is suing … [Read more]
Grizzly bear saliva collection research project update
Remember when I photographed the ecologist collecting grizzly bear saliva DNA left on partially-consumed salmon carcasses? Well, Dr. Rachel Wheat recently had her findings from that research project published. Wheat’s research found collecting … [Read more]
Massive landslide pours onto Lamplugh Glacier
I was fortunate to be in Haines, Alaska when a massive landslide occurred on the Lamplugh Glacier in nearby Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The slide occurred on the morning of June 28 in a remote area of Glacier Bay National Park in … [Read more]