Ghosts of Glacier Park
Autumn 2025 Anticipated Release
How will animals and the environment respond to the rapid decline of glaciers and persistent summer snow? Glacier National Park has lost 85% of its glaciers in the last 120 years due to climate change. The massive shift in warmer temperatures and decline in snow and may cause mountain goats to die-out in the southern part of their ranges. Wolverine are another species tightly associated with snow and cold places. Trout species will face warmer waters. Moose will be more exposed to parasites that thrive with heat. Ptarmigan will have to shift when they change white for the winter. Can these species adapt, or will they die out and become ghosts of Glacier Park? These concepts and questions are explored through a four year adventure in the mountains, rivers, and forest across Glacier National Park. All while dodging grizzlies, wildfires, avalanches, and politics that threatened to put a stop to the exploration.
mongolia mystic: Adventures with Nomads and Beasts
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Uncensored, mystical, and harsh, Mongolia is a country of unlimited freedom and wildness. The regal realm is the least densely populated country in the world and full of wonder and rich culture. The people are generous, tough, and are always ready to wrestle. From kind nomads of the countryside to gangsters in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, this odyssey shows it all. Follow the journey down to the Gobi where this National Geographic Young Explorer sought to study wolves, the world’s largest wild sheep, argali, and the perceptions of nomads in Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, a United Nationals Model Protected Area. While living in a decrepit ger for months from negative forty temperatures to summer sandstorms, the explorer gains intimate understanding of the landscape and people. Experience the world-renowned Naadam festival, celebrations of Tsagaan Sar, the White Moon new year, and the mountains of north. This second book can be read independently of the first and begins after the first five months of struggling in Mongolia and Asia to get everything ready to begin establishing the remote outpost to research wildlife and live with the nomads.
Asia Untamed: Adventures with Nomads and Beasts
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A young biologist fresh out of college sought to become an international wildlife conservationist through spending a year in Mongolia studying animals and living with nomads. With a shoestring National Geographic Young Explorer grant and a thirst for understanding, the wayward explorer struggled to establish a remote research outpost to study wolves, the world’s largest wild sheep, argali, and the perceptions of local herders in Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, a United Nationals Model Protected Area. After his tourist visa ran out, the adventurer gets temporarily booted from the country and forced to Singapore and Malaysia. After exploring the jungles of Borneo and the South China Sea, the explorer returns to Mongolia to finally begin his research expedition. This odyssey brings you through untamed landscapes to meet the diversity of life and people across these strikingly juxtaposed and wonderful Asian countries. Through this journey you will gain insight into the spirituality and culture of local peoples, as well as the biodiversity and conservation of fabled landscapes.