It has been awhile since my last post. It has been a busy few months with family, trying to make living and studying, but my work has continued. This summers focus has been on sustaining apline eco systems, global wilderness and heritage preservation. I have been following the wildflowers of recent, dazzled by their beauty, concerned about their future due to human impact and climate changes. My field study as taken me to some pristine places, some of which are heavily traveled by motorized visitors. Recently, in Imogene Basin, where I hiked to, while more than 100 jeeps, atv's and other various vehicles drove by me. I tried not to pay attention! just concentrate on the beauty that surrounded me. However, I couldn't help but notice many were in organized recreational groups with single passengers in each vehicle, leaving me to ponder on the motives most visitors have to go up into our high country?? In my travels to motorized areas I have seen flowers traveled on, people speeding, littering and being rude to others, including myself. This always leaves me sad.. angry and concerned for the future... leaving me bewildered in the wilderness...
I will leave you with this quotation from "A Sand County Almanac", by Aldo Leopold,
"We abuse the land because we regard it as commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. There is no other way for land to survive the impact of mechanized man, nor for us to reap from it the esthetic harvest it is capable, under science, of contributing to culture."
Enough said... for now... stay tuned.. if you know me well enough, you know I have more to say!
