Nature’s best hope is us!
A new year is a new beginning. We can give nature a new beginning, by reducing 10% of our lawn. Lawn/turfgrass now covers more than 40 million acres, more than twice all state parks, state forest, and wildlife management areas combined. Unfortunately the area we call...
Disappearing prairie birds
It wasn’t long ago I could hear a variety of prairie birds’ singing when I ventured out to a prairie. Lately I noticed… silence. I learned that we actually lost over 50% of prairie birds (720 million) since 1970. In fact, we lost 3 billion birds since 1970...
Fundraising for Missouri Prairie Foundation (12/1 – 12/31, 2022)
Please support my fundraising (12/1 – 12/31, 2022) to help the mission of the Missouri Prairie Foundation (https://moprairie.org/) that protects and restores our most threatened ecosystem, prairies/grasslands.MPF does a superb job in promoting the importance of...
Photographing butterfly eggs
As a photographer, I often ask myself why I continue pursuing certain images. It was 15 years ago when I first attempted to photograph a butterfly's egg. It didn't turn out well. I was so disappointed. Perhaps, I didn't have enough knowledge of my craft and did not...
Missouri Conservationist – Regal Fritillary (September 2022 Issue)
If you live in Missouri, you might be aware of the high quality Missouri Conservationist magazine that's free to Missouri residents. This month’s issue was no exception. I’m proud how my article, “Regal Fritillary” in this month's issue turned out. The regal...
Audubon – “The Bird Genoscape Project Aims to Unlock the Secrets in Birds’ Feathers”
I am so proud to be part of this recent article from the Audubon magazine that I photographed for Bird Genoscape Project - "The Bird Genoscape Project Aims to Unlock the Secrets in Birds’ Feathers". It is an incredible story on how we now have a cutting edge science...
2022 Greater Sage-Grouse Workshop
The 2022 Sage Grouse Photography Workshop was a success! Everyone had a wonderful time photographing these amazing birds in a beautiful setting of central Wyoming. Because of the pandemic, workshops in 2020 and 2021 have been delayed until this year! However, all...
National Museum of Wildlife – Exhibit
A week ago, I finally got a chance to see my solo photo exhibit at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which started in October last year. I was very happy to see that the museum did a great job laying out my images on the large wall of the...