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Reverence For Our Wild World: Religion and the Environment
I felt I simply had to share this Op-ed written by author and advocate Carl Safina This Planet Comes With Limits. This is without a doubt one of the most important opinion pieces I've read of late about population, growth mania, and our planet in peril. Some estimates...
Grizzlies On My Mind @ Tattered Cover: The Denver Book Launch Tour Schedule
After speaking to an audacious group of students from Longwood University, Virginia, during their annual Longwood@Yellowstone program I'm gearing up for my book launch in Denver this weekend. I'm still riding high after sharing a free-flowing, heartfelt, edgy and...
A Society Worthy of Our Daughters
It's pretty simple: we as men can’t tolerate talk that degrades women. I recently had to get edgy and a bit belligerent in the locker-room of my local gym. Three machismo young men in their early twenties were bantering back and forth talking a bunch of contrived and...
Bears, Hope and A New Narrative
I’m feeling hopeful after an invigorating Nemawashi/gathering with a small group of grizzly bear advocates here in Bozeman, Montana, earlier this week. I was humbled by the invite and both inspired and uplifted after spending two hours in the presence of brilliant...
Hope In the Wake of Heartache: Inspiring Audacious Guardians of Our Wild Planet
In commemoration of Earth Day, I’ve always made it habit to write a new essay/blog. Thankfully, living where I do, amidst a plethora of awe inspiring mountain ranges, wild rivers, numerous renowned wilderness areas and the most diverse and abundant population of...
Imperiled Planet and the K’naan of Environmental Advocacy
While I try to keep this blog motivational, inspirational and upbeat, always attempting to turn the negative upside down, uncovering the positive that we can find even in times of immense struggle, to be audacious is to be bold. One of my core missions with the Be...
The Power of the Word and the Human Spirit…
I had to share a little story. After my recent brush with eternity over Christmas and subsequent test of endurance to regain my strength and vitality, I went off the grid in order to meet months of deadlines for my upcoming book of Yellowstone essays while striving to...
Dream Chasing
Dream Chasing. Nothing like a 3:55 am wake up to get the blood moving enroute to Portland, Oregon, chasing dreams. I couldn't have been more excited about the two days of big meetings scheduled with my agent, publisher and editor. With my November 1st deadline...
My Grizzly Dreams Become A Reality
Big news! I recently put pen to paper and signed a book deal with a large and top-shelf publisher who I couldn't be more stoked to be published by. It’s been years in the works as a freelance writer and now the dream of being a book author is becoming a reality....
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