Personal reflections on my experiences in wild landscapes.
Conservation begins with understanding what’s out there.
I use spatial analysis, maps, and scientific writing to convey the essential facts of a given issue, but to truly understand what’s out there, we need to dig in beyond empirical evidence and personally explore these places. Here are a few recent trips and some of the ways Alaskan conservation lands have become personally resonant.
Across the Arctic Refuge, via Foot and Packraft
This is the first in a series of five blog posts highlighting a 14-day, 200-mile traverse of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. We set out from Arctic Village, hiking and paddling our way north to the Arctic Ocean. This trip spanned Gwitch’in and Iñupiat lands.