Thunderstruck by the Absaroka-Beartooth Front
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on August 30, 2011 
“I’m thunderstruck by the beauty, immense scale, diversity, and wildness of the Absaroka landscape. I’m sure that I belted out “Wow” many times each day while traveling from rolling sagebrush to alpine tundra below tilted granite peaks.”
Ten Years After 9/11 – Canada’s True Cost of Oil
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on August 17, 2011 
The unseen environmental costs of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
Living with Spirit Bears: Great Bear Rainforest
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on August 8, 2011 
Move over Panda, rare white bears – known as spirit bears – lead the movement to protect a treasured resource.
Reduce Pollution to Our Waterways: The Chesapeake Bay
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on July 20, 2011 
Last December, EPA issued a science-based diet that—if achieved—would reduce pollution to our waterways. Just as progress is underway, powerful forces are working to derail the recovery effort. All of us who love the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams must make our voices heard. The Scoop The Chesapeake Bay watershed covers approximately 64,000…
The Fraser River – The Study of a Watershed
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on July 15, 2011 
In the same way a doctor can monitor a patient’s health by analyzing their blood chemistry, scientists can assess the “health” of a river watershed by studying the chemical composition and other properties of the water. Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Research Center, and their international colleagues founded the Global Rivers…
The Great Bear Rainforest – A view from above
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on July 7, 2011 
“Actually being in the air and seeing the landscape from above put it into perspective. This is what we are trying to save”, said Mike Ridsdale, of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. Concealed under the boreal forests and peat bogs of northeastern Alberta lies the world’s largest deposit of bitumen, an unconventional type of petroleum that is…
Sage Spirit; The Changing Renewable Energy Landscape
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on June 27, 2011 
The American West is changing at a faster pace than anytime in history and easy answers to complicated questions are hard to come by. Renewable energy is great and we should develop wind and solar as fast as possible before we all burn up right? Not so fast. Wyoming and the surrounding Western states bear the burden of developing energy responsibly and leaving some of our natural and Western heritage for future generations.
Farewell to a wild river
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on June 22, 2011 
It is a bitter loss. The wild river that along its lengthy journey gives life to so much and so many will be tamed forever. Where I stand on the shores of the Xingu River, just a few miles from the city of Altamira I can see the markers where the main wall of the…
Sacred Headwaters
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on June 20, 2011 
“In a rugged knot of mountains in northern British Columbia lies a spectacular valley known to the First Nations as the Sacred Headwaters. There, three of Canada’s most important salmon rivers—the Stikine, the Skeena, and the Nass—are born in close proximity. Now, against the wishes of all First Nations, the British Columbia government has opened…
Tripods in the Sky: Manatees
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on May 22, 2011 
The conservation status of the Florida manatee remains in controversy as researchers investigate historical numbers compared to current day estimates. All the while, man continues to encroach on manatee native habitat forcing a co-existence between humans and manatees. Here’s a recent Field Dispatch from iLCP Photographer Neil Ever Osborne.
Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska’s Tongass Rain Forest
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on May 19, 2011 
One of the rarest ecosystems on Earth, the Tongass rain forest fringes the coastal panhandle of Alaska and covers thousands of islands in the Alexander Archipelago. It’s a place where humpback whales, orcas, and sea lions cruise the forested shorelines. Conservation photographer Amy Gulick spent two years paddling and trekking among the bears, misty islands, and salmon streams to document the intricate connections within the Tongass. Here she shares some of her thoughts and photos of this iconic wilderness.
