Picture Humans-in-Nature "wilderness" doesn't have to mean no footprints

Picture Humans-in-Nature
Toolik Field Station, AK
Toolik Field Station, AK

Middle of the night at the Toolik Long Term Ecological Research Station in Alaska. It gets cooler and slightly darker, but the sun is always peeking its head around the corner.

Adirondacks
Adirondacks

Freshly fallen snow can only be stepped in once. But it also muffles noises for the kind of serene winter that only happens in the north.

Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen

There’s a trail along the length of the 3-mile gorge allowing you to feel enveloped by nature and be up close and personal with mosses, ferns, and waterfalls (even walk under one).

Sandhills Restoration
Sandhills Restoration

There’s a person tucked in that wiregrass. In fact, he’s out collecting seeds to ensure a new generation of the understory of the longleaf pine forest in the sandhills ecosystem in eastern North Carolina.

Marshallberg
Marshallberg

Working waterfront in Marshallberg, NC – they’re few and far between these days.

Acoma
Acoma

There’s a village on top of that mesa. Talk about small fish in a big ocean.

About me: I research human-environment interactions. These are examples of sustainable human imprints in nature from my fieldwork. Please ask for permission for reuse at bgrassbluecrab@gmail.com.