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Home Country, Ron Geatz
Home Country, Ron Geatz
Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal
In northern Australia, a new generation helps to heal their homelands. Standing atop the red cliffs of Fish River Gorge in Australia’s Northern Territory, it’s difficult not to indulge in a fantasy of nature primordial. More than 100 feet below, fish are clearly visible in the crystalline water. Flocks of squawking white cockatoos soar through the riverine forest, and wallabies dart in and out of view.
Giant Steppes: Protecting Mongolia's Grasslands In The Face Of A Mining Boom, Joshua Zaffos
Giant Steppes: Protecting Mongolia's Grasslands In The Face Of A Mining Boom, Joshua Zaffos
Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal
Amar Purev, a square-jawed preserve ranger with a no-nonsense demeanor, peers through binoculars from the window of an SUV as it bounces along a double-track path through a green-and-golden sea of hip-high grass. He spots only a few gazelles in the distance, but when the vehicle crests a hill, it halts: fifty yards away, hundreds of gazelles and their calves graze on stipa, or feather grass. Before Purev can open his door, the animals take off, coursing 40 miles per hour across the flat and boundless expanse that reaches to the horizon. This grassy ocean is Mongolia’s Toson Hulstai Nature …