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A Living Legacy: Martin Luther King Jr.
Are you audacious? If not, there is no better time to become so than right now, in this moment. We can evoke meaningful change by starting small—anything worthwhile is best tackled in bite-sized chunks. As Team BA member Scotty Black recently reminded me, during a...
A Lesson In Audacity From A Little Person
As someone who writes and speaks for a living, the task of writing a short essay about the four year-old child who forever changed my life on a brilliant bluebird autumn day shouldn’t have caused such angst and procrastination. But back in August, when my wife gave...
Disability Matters: Fly Fishing With The Audacious Joyce Bender
During an incredibly challenging time this past year, when I spent nine months in a walking boot cast—out of the field and the gym, off the guide circuit, and away from my beloved mountains and rivers—I developed the determination and courage to begin sharing my story...
Hau’oli Makahiki Hou: Happy New Year From Kauai
The sun has set on 2012, a year filled with so much struggle and heartache for so many of us. But there is no doubt in my mind that our best days are ahead and that we are going to make twenty13 an All-time great. Now is the time of our becoming and we can become...
Hope In The Wake of Tragedy: Sandy Hook Elementary
There is no way to make any sense of the tragic and unconscionable events that occurred yesterday in Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary. The entire nation and global community mourns the senseless loss of life that yesterday's tragedy represents. My heart breaks for...
Inspiring a New Surge: The Next Generation Of Conservation Leaders
When I think of the names that inspired me to seek an Environmental Studies degree at the University of Montana and follow the career and life path I have chosen as a crusader for wild places, I think of names like Abbey, Thoreau, Muir, Carson, Leopold, Brower, and...
Let the Movement Begin
Welcome to the first post of the Be Audacious (BA) blog. It’s been months in the works and I couldn’t be more excited to launch my next big project at www.BeAudacious.com If you’ve ever dreamt of finding the audacity to throw off the shackles of our societal norms,...
Embracing New Beginnings: Carpe Diem
It's my brand and our family motto: Be Audacious. And we are doing just that. After a decade exploring and working on behalf of the wilds of the Yellowstone ecosystem, new beginnings are on the horizon. Montana and Yellowstone Country will always be home and while we...
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