Behind The Image
Exploring the Stories Beyond Each Photograph
By Madalynne Meeker
Toxic Twine: How Osprey Nest Materials Are Becoming Deadly Traps
Conservation is rarely defined by dramatic moments. More often, it unfolds through ordinary decisions repeated thousands of times. A length of plastic twine left beside a field. A hay bale cut open without collecting its bindings. A material engineered for durability becoming permanent in a landscape where nothing else was meant to last so long…
Millennia’s Brushstrokes: How Time Has Shaped One of the Most Unique Landscapes in the World
Every plume of steam, every mineral crust, and every ribbon of color represents thousands of years of Earth's internal forces meeting microscopic life at the surface. What appears to be an abstract painting is, in reality, a living landscape. A landscape that has been creating masterpieces long before humans ever learned to paint…
The Last Summer Together: A Brothers’ Bond
To a casual observer, these were simply two young grizzly bears exploring the landscape, but this quiet moment represents something far more significant…
Laying Stepping Stones: In Life, In Conservation
A week ago today, I moved to Montana to work as a naturalist guide and place another stepping stone on my path to being able to be a wildlife conservationist and photographer full-time. And this ungulate is also aiding in laying stepping stones…