Published Articles
— A selection of the photos and essays that have been published in the press, periodicals and journals
Publications and Articles
— Client work published by year, online and in print
2025
The Tennessee Conservationist - November/December 2025
Biodiversity of Cross Creek Watershed
we are all connected not just in nature, we are nature! When you were a child do you remember exploring a forest of wandering in the woods? This article is about preserving and maintaining those rich Forest habitats with fungi (mychorrizae) that can create a healthy for ecosystem and increase timber yields long term! I had the amazing opportunity to work on this photoessay project with Professor Dr. Jonathan Evans of the University of the South, Sewanee and Dr. Sarah Neumann of Tennessee State University. Jon and Sarah and students of Sewanee along with many others, spanning 50 years gathered datasets that show what is happening in a forest and why! Their intergenerational research will predict the outcome of forests, which gives us hope!
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The Ely Echo - Oct 18, 2025
Roots grow strong in nature, especially in Ely
Roots Grow Strong in Nature (Ely Echo Newspaper) - Falling in my grandfather’s Finnish-American footsteps we traveled to Ely, Minnesota to experience what it was like growing up in a small bustling community perched on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The area is bordered by one of the largest contiguous Old Growth Forests in the Continental America and dotted with hundreds of lakes!
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The Tennessee Conservationist - May/June 2025
Raptor’s Bring Balance & Beauty to Our Ecosystems! Raptors live and thrive in urban/suburban environments with careful monitoring and conservation. The most common threat is pesticides used in agriculture, land development and car accidents. Raptors are often treated for gunshot wounds and from being hit by a car. The Kestrel is the smallest, most colorful, dynamic and agile! Eagles and hawks among many others help keep our ecosystems clean by balancing our rodent populations.
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2024
The Tennessee Conservationist - November/December 2024
Fall’s Spectrum of Color and Nature at Shelby Farms Park in Memphis
Fall’s Colorful Spectrum! Being outside in Fall is ideal not just for mental health yet for low impact exercise. Nature walks in Fall are ideal with pleasant temps and fewer bugs. Notice all the colors of Fall which complete a full spectrum of the rainbow. On a nature walk you can discover wildflowers, color Fall foliage, animals, and dried plants that create lots of texture to a landscape! Enjoy a Fall sunrise and mist to see Nature’s colorful display!
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The Tennessee Conservationist - September/October 2024
Kicked off in 2024 high atop the Cumberland Plateau from The University of the South in Sewanee! The conference was started to bring together scientists, lawyers, students and the public in an open environment to collaborate. SPIEL helps synthesize ideas and put them into action for environmental preservation.
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The Tennessee Conservationist - March/April 2024
Copper Iris - An incredible adventure it was outside of Memphis in Meeman-Shelby Forest to spend 3 and a half hours standing in a swamp with this beautiful wildflower among towering Cypress trees! It was an honor to collaborate on this article with Ranger Jeff Hill, by contributing photography for the endemic and ephemeral Copper Iris, a wild flower that grows in wetland and swamps.
Photography provided for Tennessee Conservationist Essay.
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2022
The Tennessee Conservationist - 85th Anniversary Edition - July/August 2022
Fall’s Spectrum of Color and Nature at Shelby Farms Park in Memphis
Summer Meadow - A beautiful sunset like I had never seen in June, radiated over the meadows of Shelby Farms Park Conservancy! Coming back to this meadow for over a decade allowed me to enjoy its changing light and witness this spectacular nature moment. It was a special honor and meaningful to contribute to this image to the magazine’s environmental legacy and nature conservation.
Cover Photo Wrap Tennessee Conservationist 85th Anniversary