Earlier this month, we traveled to Alaska to start scouting areas for future client trips. Large tracts of wilderness, stunning scenery, and amazing wildlife viewing opportunities make Alaska a nature-lover’s paradise. Those reasons make Alaska a bucket list destination for many people, including us. Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve covers 3.3 million acres of […]
Read PostDid you know that Namibia was the first country in the world to incorporate environmental protection into its constitution? Conservation is a cornerstone of the Namibian experience. Local government has reinforced its commitment by giving communities the opportunity and rights to manage wildlife through communal conservancies. Today, over 40% of Namibia is under conservation management. […]
Read PostWe spent a week birding near Cape May, NJ with members of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Cape May is recognized as a birding hotspot. The peninsula provides critical habitat for birds as they migrate through the region. This trip coincided with spawning by horseshoe crabs along Delaware Bay beaches. Birding sites included Cape […]
Read PostLabeled living fossils, horseshoe crabs date back in the fossil record more than 350 million years. Not true crabs at all, these marine animals are actually more closely related to spiders and scorpions than Crustaceans (the group that includes crabs, lobsters and shrimp). Spring moons summon horseshoe crabs from the ocean floor to beaches and […]
Read PostOn the way back to Philadelphia International Airport after a week near Cape May, New Jersey, we stopped for a final burst of birding at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tanicum. The refuge is only one mile from the airport, yet it’s home to more than 300 species of birds throughout the year. Eighty […]
Read PostThis morning, we had the opportunity to go on a whale watching tour with Monterey Bay Whale Watch. We wanted to see, first-hand, why this area is famous for wildlife sightings. Our checklist of encountered species included California sea lions, sea otters, cormorants, rhinoceros auklets, black-footed albatrosses, Pacific white-sided dolphins and Risso’s dolphins. However, the […]
Read PostToday, we spent the first half of our day volunteering in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco. The Tenderloin only spans one square mile, but it’s home to 37,000 residents (almost 10% are children), 586 apartment buildings, and the metro area’s highest poverty, drug, and crime rates. City Impact helps Tenderloin residents with their school, […]
Read PostOur volunteer work continued in Marin County, California this week. We spent two mornings working to restore vital habitat for coho salmon in two different watersheds. Just 30 minutes from San Francisco, Lagunitas Creek Watershed is one of the most important waterways left for wild coho salmon along the Central California Coast. We worked with […]
Read PostFor three decades, Save Our Shores (SOS) has cared for marine environments in California through ocean awareness, advocacy and citizen action. Key accomplishments by SOS include helping to establish the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and preventing offshore drilling in California Central Coast waters. Now, SOS works to educate youth on the importance of watersheds […]
Read PostToday marks the beginning of our third service learning trip with Mackintosh Academy’s 8th grade class. Our first volunteer shift was at San Francisco Food Bank (SFFB). SFFB serves the San Francisco Metro area including Marin County. In 2011, 450 million pounds of food were delivered to the community. SFFB depends heavily on volunteers to […]
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