by Michael Leach | Nov 6, 2018 | Environment, Turkey Hash
There are so many reasons I’m passionate about voting today, but no reason is bigger than this little girl. Today I’m voting for her. Today I’m voting for our planet, for wild spaces, for affordable healthcare. There’s only one party that’s remotely close to doing...
by Michael Leach | Jul 31, 2017 | Environment
As a former bear education ranger in Yellowstone National Park and grizzly advocate, today’s announcement that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has delisted the Greater Yellowstone grizzly population (officially stripping the bears of their precious status as a...
by Michael Leach | Jun 1, 2017 | Environment, Life
This is what the Electoral College gave us? A climate denying demagogue who just threw a middle finger to the rest of the world and future generations by pulling the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement. This is a sad and disturbing day for our planet, for our...
by Michael Leach | Apr 23, 2017 | Environment, Life
I’ve done a lot of Earth Day presentations over the years, but this represents one of my ALLTIME favorites, speaking at the California Academy of Sciences, an amazing place brimming with brilliant men and women doing essential research and work that matters....
by Michael Leach | Feb 10, 2017 | Environment, Life
Spinning at the gym late last week, it hit me. I needed to get away—get outside, in nature, and most importantly, in water. I swim. I’m religious about it. Ever since my wheels (legs) began to fail four winters ago, I’ve swum 4-7 days a week. It’s...
by Michael Leach | Nov 14, 2016 | Environment, Life
Stop telling me not to be angry about the results of this election. Stop the kumbaya appeals for unity. I appreciate your open-mindedness, and pleas that we are all one—not Republicans, not Democrats, but Americans—but I’m afraid I need to call bullshit. I was born in...
