By Macalester College student, Maya Agata The six of us students recognized each other in the Johannesburg airport pretty quickly. While we had chatted with each other a little bit on Facebook before we all left, it was also easy…
Stepping off the plane in Balamecda it was obvious I wasn’t in Maine anymore. The hot wind swept across the arid valley and the rays of sun soaked into my vitamin D deprived skin. In the distance I could see…
By Eric Van Dam (University of New Hampshire) Sunsets are a funny thing in Patagonia. As the leaves on the ñirre trees unfurl from their aromatic bundles and newly-born guanacos take their first shaky steps over mats of neneo…
“Yellowstone grizzly bears face the two greatest threats to their survival in our lifetime: global warming and the U.S. government. Between them they could wipe the bears out.” – Doug Peacock Round River co-founder, long-time board member and friend,…
By Sylvia Kinosian (University of Vermont) Being up high is somewhere I’ve always loved to be. As a kid I climbed trees, rocks, scampered around on my roof, pressed my nose to airplane windows. I fell in love with…