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…
November 20, 2014 By Isabelle Lazarus (University of Vermont) Three weeks ago, at a casual visit to the internet café, our instructors were approached by the “upper ups” of CONAF (i.e. the bosses of Orlando and Felidor, the guardasparques…
November 28, 2014 By Karissa Killian (Westminster College) Who knew that Namibia had a natural paradise so similar to that of Palm Springs in the United States? In fact, it has the same name: Palmfontein. Fontein means spring in…