Lisa Schmidt bends down to examine soil conditions during a soil crawl on her ranch in Conrad, Montana July 2021.    Ranching Innovations during a Drought in Montana’s Golden Triangle
       
     
 In 2020, Megan Palko, crew member with the American Conservation Experience Dry Lake Hills Forest Thinning Project, creates piles to be burned at a later date in Coconino National Forest.   Full story on forest thinning with High Country News
       
     
 Farmworkers collect hops in a field outside of Wilder, Idaho October, 2022.   Marielena Vega Returns to her Roots to Protect the People Growing Food in Idaho
       
     
 National Park Service mules carry out supplies up the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Feb. 9th, 2017
       
     
 A trail worker dives into Lower Lamarck Lake in the Inyo National Forest, CA after a day of building rock steps for hikers and equestrians.
       
     
 A backcountry trail crew rests in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Jul. 2019.
       
     
 An orphaned joey sleeps in a pillowcase at a rehabilitation center, Queesnsland, Australia Nov. 2018. Pillowcases closely resemble the mothers pouch.
       
     
 Hikers summit Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina March 14th, 2015. 
       
     
 Volunteers with the American Conservation Experience work on a switchback on Little Bear Trail in the Coconino National Forest, AZ, October 11th, 2016. 
       
     
 Laura Poulette embraces her son, Issac Deaver, before leaving him at his grandmother's house for homeschooling Berea, KY. 
       
     
 Ramona Plance, a hobbyist beekeeper, starts up her smoker used to keep the guard bees calm when entering the hive in Franklin, NY June 26th, 2014. 
       
     
 The first ever water aerobic class in the New River Gorge National River hosted by the National Park Service, August 7th, 2018.
       
     
 Jim Sickler touches the stump of a tree he has cut down in anticipation of the construction of the Constitution Pipeline which will run through the back of his property in Franklin, NY, November 15th, 2015. 
       
     
 Lisa Schmidt bends down to examine soil conditions during a soil crawl on her ranch in Conrad, Montana July 2021.    Ranching Innovations during a Drought in Montana’s Golden Triangle
       
     

Lisa Schmidt bends down to examine soil conditions during a soil crawl on her ranch in Conrad, Montana July 2021.

Ranching Innovations during a Drought in Montana’s Golden Triangle

 In 2020, Megan Palko, crew member with the American Conservation Experience Dry Lake Hills Forest Thinning Project, creates piles to be burned at a later date in Coconino National Forest.   Full story on forest thinning with High Country News
       
     

In 2020, Megan Palko, crew member with the American Conservation Experience Dry Lake Hills Forest Thinning Project, creates piles to be burned at a later date in Coconino National Forest.

Full story on forest thinning with High Country News

 Farmworkers collect hops in a field outside of Wilder, Idaho October, 2022.   Marielena Vega Returns to her Roots to Protect the People Growing Food in Idaho
       
     

Farmworkers collect hops in a field outside of Wilder, Idaho October, 2022.

Marielena Vega Returns to her Roots to Protect the People Growing Food in Idaho

 National Park Service mules carry out supplies up the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Feb. 9th, 2017
       
     

National Park Service mules carry out supplies up the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Feb. 9th, 2017

 A trail worker dives into Lower Lamarck Lake in the Inyo National Forest, CA after a day of building rock steps for hikers and equestrians.
       
     

A trail worker dives into Lower Lamarck Lake in the Inyo National Forest, CA after a day of building rock steps for hikers and equestrians.

 A backcountry trail crew rests in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Jul. 2019.
       
     

A backcountry trail crew rests in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Jul. 2019.

 An orphaned joey sleeps in a pillowcase at a rehabilitation center, Queesnsland, Australia Nov. 2018. Pillowcases closely resemble the mothers pouch.
       
     

An orphaned joey sleeps in a pillowcase at a rehabilitation center, Queesnsland, Australia Nov. 2018. Pillowcases closely resemble the mothers pouch.

 Hikers summit Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina March 14th, 2015. 
       
     

Hikers summit Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina March 14th, 2015. 

 Volunteers with the American Conservation Experience work on a switchback on Little Bear Trail in the Coconino National Forest, AZ, October 11th, 2016. 
       
     

Volunteers with the American Conservation Experience work on a switchback on Little Bear Trail in the Coconino National Forest, AZ, October 11th, 2016. 

 Laura Poulette embraces her son, Issac Deaver, before leaving him at his grandmother's house for homeschooling Berea, KY. 
       
     

Laura Poulette embraces her son, Issac Deaver, before leaving him at his grandmother's house for homeschooling Berea, KY. 

 Ramona Plance, a hobbyist beekeeper, starts up her smoker used to keep the guard bees calm when entering the hive in Franklin, NY June 26th, 2014. 
       
     

Ramona Plance, a hobbyist beekeeper, starts up her smoker used to keep the guard bees calm when entering the hive in Franklin, NY June 26th, 2014. 

 The first ever water aerobic class in the New River Gorge National River hosted by the National Park Service, August 7th, 2018.
       
     

The first ever water aerobic class in the New River Gorge National River hosted by the National Park Service, August 7th, 2018.

 Jim Sickler touches the stump of a tree he has cut down in anticipation of the construction of the Constitution Pipeline which will run through the back of his property in Franklin, NY, November 15th, 2015. 
       
     

Jim Sickler touches the stump of a tree he has cut down in anticipation of the construction of the Constitution Pipeline which will run through the back of his property in Franklin, NY, November 15th, 2015.