From logger to rainforest champion

Amazon Nature Tours takes people exploring Brazil’s Rio Negro aboard a custom-built boat. Owner and nature enthusiast Mark Baker hasn’t always championed the rainforest’s rugged beauty. He used to cut down its trees for export. Read more here.

The Tucano, custom-built by Amazon Nature Tours, on the Rio Negro.

Crafting beer in small town Texas

Craft breweries opening in small towns across Texas offer more than tasty beer, they also provide community gathering spaces. Read about the growing movement in this piece for Texas Co-op Power Magazine.

Ban trophy hunting?

A debate over the future of trophy hunting recently raged in the pages of Science Magazine. Many writers pointed out that effective alternatives to funding and supporting conservation have started to emerge and others made ethical arguments against the practice. Read my piece for The Revelator here.

Responsible Tourism

How divers and other travelers can get responsible tourism right in sensitive locations like The Galapagos Islands. In Alert Diver magazine.

Bringing Wolves Back to Isle Royale NP

The National Park Service began reintroducing wolves to Isle Royale National Park last fall. The island ecosystem needs these top predators. Find out why, and how the reintro is going, in this post for the PBS Nature Blog.

More on Sargassum

Spring and summer 2018 saw yet another Sargassum bloom to the Caribbean, with piles of the stuff floating nearshore and ­covering beaches in Little Cayman, ­Barbados, ­Antigua, and other destinations. Read about why that happened and how divers can work around it.

Coral reef ecosystems in trouble

Coral reefs cover less than 1 percent of the Earth’s surface yet feed and shelter a significant amount of marine life and provide food, coastal protection, and livelihoods for millions of people. Read about the state of the world's coral reefs in this PBS Nature Blog post. Spoiler alert: it isn't pretty.