By Devan Pensinger It was surprisingly sunny as we drove into town of Tortel to begin our first big excursion of the semester. Tortel would be our home base as we prepared for backpacking and conducting fieldwork in the temperate…
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,…