Student
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Fish and going for walks in the woods.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
My favorite place out doors is anywhere you can just set up a tent and camp out under the stars.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Sharks because i use to be scared of them until i studied them and learned more about them.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
I think the greatest challenge is the demand for gas because it's destroying nature.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Don't litter or trash anything in nature because by your actions could stop you great grand children from seeing nature.
Thanks to my sister Michelle McIlroy for designing the logo!
November 11, 2009
Dave D.
Grad. student - Southern Illinois University
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
My time working at eco-resorts in the Bahamas and on the island of Dominica. It is amazing to still be able to find such beautiful stretches of nature that have been left relatively unblemished by the hands of man. Places like those keep me hopeful that we may not feed our hunger for development and expansion to every corner of the earth.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
As a child, I enjoyed camping trips throughout northern Michigan. Those trips planted the seed of environmental conservation and appreciation in me. Now, my favorite place would have to be the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, though I simply love sitting in the grass in my backyard and gazing at the sky.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Amphibians in general; more specifically, the Sierra Nevada Mountain Yellow-legged frog. Predominantly because that is what I am currently studying and because they are declining rapidly--I would be heartbroken to see them follow the paths of some of the other unfortunate species of frogs.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Water. I believe it is vastly underestimated behind climate change, energy issues, etc. Our accessibility to clean water will become the pressing issue of this century.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Respect and cherish it/them. If you don't, no one may never get the chance to again.
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
My time working at eco-resorts in the Bahamas and on the island of Dominica. It is amazing to still be able to find such beautiful stretches of nature that have been left relatively unblemished by the hands of man. Places like those keep me hopeful that we may not feed our hunger for development and expansion to every corner of the earth.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
As a child, I enjoyed camping trips throughout northern Michigan. Those trips planted the seed of environmental conservation and appreciation in me. Now, my favorite place would have to be the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, though I simply love sitting in the grass in my backyard and gazing at the sky.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Amphibians in general; more specifically, the Sierra Nevada Mountain Yellow-legged frog. Predominantly because that is what I am currently studying and because they are declining rapidly--I would be heartbroken to see them follow the paths of some of the other unfortunate species of frogs.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Water. I believe it is vastly underestimated behind climate change, energy issues, etc. Our accessibility to clean water will become the pressing issue of this century.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Respect and cherish it/them. If you don't, no one may never get the chance to again.
Susan Hendler
Lic. Outdoor Guide, Registered Nurse
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
There are many, but a significant event was hearing spring peepers for the first time on a college biology field trip in Queens, NY. Amazing!!
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
As a child I loved to climb a huge old maple tree across from my house and just sit up there alone with the 'human world' beneath me and the squirrels and birds amongst me. My favorite place now is a small pond in the woods near my home that no one goes to but me. I sit quietly near the shore and watch and listen to Life.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
I love and cherish all wildlife, but I am most drawn to wild dogs (wolves, coyotes, african hunting dogs, etc) and especially the two New Guinea Singing Dogs I share my home with. I'm not sure why canids are among my favorite animals, maybe because most are social animals and I admire their natural intelligence.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Overpopulation (human)
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
We are one small part of Mother Earth, no more important than any other life form on this planet, and we need to stop behaving like a lethal virus!!
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
There are many, but a significant event was hearing spring peepers for the first time on a college biology field trip in Queens, NY. Amazing!!
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
As a child I loved to climb a huge old maple tree across from my house and just sit up there alone with the 'human world' beneath me and the squirrels and birds amongst me. My favorite place now is a small pond in the woods near my home that no one goes to but me. I sit quietly near the shore and watch and listen to Life.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
I love and cherish all wildlife, but I am most drawn to wild dogs (wolves, coyotes, african hunting dogs, etc) and especially the two New Guinea Singing Dogs I share my home with. I'm not sure why canids are among my favorite animals, maybe because most are social animals and I admire their natural intelligence.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Overpopulation (human)
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
We are one small part of Mother Earth, no more important than any other life form on this planet, and we need to stop behaving like a lethal virus!!
Larry Schauff
Private citizen
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Being part of ensuring needs of animals as much as I can, food, water, shelter.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
Anywhere 'wild'. Don't like being around people.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
I don't really have a fav., I seem to like them all the same, why not?
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Ensuring clean water, now. Future, air if we don't start making major change to make it cleaner, or less dirty.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Conserve.
Do you have any comments or other information that you would like to share relating to this project?
There are so many distractions in today's life. I hope people 'wake up' soon and realize that they are the change this world needs. Good luck Jeremy
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Being part of ensuring needs of animals as much as I can, food, water, shelter.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
Anywhere 'wild'. Don't like being around people.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
I don't really have a fav., I seem to like them all the same, why not?
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Ensuring clean water, now. Future, air if we don't start making major change to make it cleaner, or less dirty.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Conserve.
Do you have any comments or other information that you would like to share relating to this project?
There are so many distractions in today's life. I hope people 'wake up' soon and realize that they are the change this world needs. Good luck Jeremy
Bill Smart
Bill Smart Consulting
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
eating hamburgers
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
Childhood - playing in the cornfields Now - playing golf
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Aardvark - because the spelling of its name starts with double A's.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Now and in the future - realizing and accepting that we, as humans, do not know what is the best thing in the long-term for the environment.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Just be human and don't try to overthink and certainly do not try to control the environment or its continuing evolution, even if it seems like its going the 'wrong way'. We're just not smart enough to make that kind of determination and probably never will be. Trust Nature.
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
eating hamburgers
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
Childhood - playing in the cornfields Now - playing golf
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Aardvark - because the spelling of its name starts with double A's.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Now and in the future - realizing and accepting that we, as humans, do not know what is the best thing in the long-term for the environment.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Just be human and don't try to overthink and certainly do not try to control the environment or its continuing evolution, even if it seems like its going the 'wrong way'. We're just not smart enough to make that kind of determination and probably never will be. Trust Nature.
Steve West
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
30 years of banding Cave Swallows has taught me much about a single species and it's role and the intricacies of one species
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
my favorite place now are the nearby Guadalupe Mountains where there are great canyons to hike in and plenty of wilderness (33,000 acres). As a kid it was walking along the Pecos River near my home town of Loving, NM
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Picking my favorite animal is TOUGH! Cave Swallow (which I've banded 20,000 of over 30 years), White-throated Swift, Giraffe, American Swallow-tailed Kite, it's tough!
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
overpopulation of people and excessive use of resources by rich countries, and I think that will continue to be the problem.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Have no more than 2 kids or better yet adopt (I have 2 daughters and 3 grandkids)
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
30 years of banding Cave Swallows has taught me much about a single species and it's role and the intricacies of one species
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
my favorite place now are the nearby Guadalupe Mountains where there are great canyons to hike in and plenty of wilderness (33,000 acres). As a kid it was walking along the Pecos River near my home town of Loving, NM
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Picking my favorite animal is TOUGH! Cave Swallow (which I've banded 20,000 of over 30 years), White-throated Swift, Giraffe, American Swallow-tailed Kite, it's tough!
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
overpopulation of people and excessive use of resources by rich countries, and I think that will continue to be the problem.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Have no more than 2 kids or better yet adopt (I have 2 daughters and 3 grandkids)
Christie
Private citizen
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
I'm not sure about in my entire life, but I live in L.A. and when I was in Basalt, CO this past weekend and I looked up at night I almost pissed my pants there were so many stars.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
The beach, and the beach
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
My favorite animal is a sea hare because they are slimey and beautiful and they squirt ink...and they are always out in the tide pools.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
I think it is now and always will be the destruction of rain-forests because it is irreversible.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Think before you consume!
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
I'm not sure about in my entire life, but I live in L.A. and when I was in Basalt, CO this past weekend and I looked up at night I almost pissed my pants there were so many stars.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
The beach, and the beach
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
My favorite animal is a sea hare because they are slimey and beautiful and they squirt ink...and they are always out in the tide pools.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
I think it is now and always will be the destruction of rain-forests because it is irreversible.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Think before you consume!
Thomas
Private citizen
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Volunteering over the years with the Nature Conservancy in the Honouliuli Preserve on O'ahu, Hawaii.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
Yes, as a child the creek on my relative's farm. Now, the Wai'anai mountains on O'ahu Hawaii.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
The usual, dogs, cats, and tortoises.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Population control
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Get outdoors and stay off the pavement. Sorry, that's two. Take your choice.
Do you have any comments or other information that you would like to share relating to this project?
Regarding religious or spiritual considerations: I feel far closer to God when in nature, than when in church.
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Volunteering over the years with the Nature Conservancy in the Honouliuli Preserve on O'ahu, Hawaii.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
Yes, as a child the creek on my relative's farm. Now, the Wai'anai mountains on O'ahu Hawaii.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
The usual, dogs, cats, and tortoises.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Population control
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Get outdoors and stay off the pavement. Sorry, that's two. Take your choice.
Do you have any comments or other information that you would like to share relating to this project?
Regarding religious or spiritual considerations: I feel far closer to God when in nature, than when in church.
Bill Miller
Conservation Chair - Fort Collins Audubon Society
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Birds foraging in leaves on an early morning in an eastern forest.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
A wooded area that became replaced by the municipal landfill. I have many of them now.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
The American Avocet. Gorgeous breeding colors.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Global climate disruption. Global climate disruption.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Preserve it. It is your home, too, and they aren't making any more of it.
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Birds foraging in leaves on an early morning in an eastern forest.
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
A wooded area that became replaced by the municipal landfill. I have many of them now.
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
The American Avocet. Gorgeous breeding colors.
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Global climate disruption. Global climate disruption.
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
Preserve it. It is your home, too, and they aren't making any more of it.
Angus Parker
WiserEarth
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Fly fishing in the Catskills
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
Marin Headlands north of San Francisco
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Bilby - really into marsupials, especially rare and strange looking ones!
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Invasive mammals (particularly on islands) and in the future climate change
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
We depend on the environment - if we damage it as we are then it will turn around an hurt us (e.g. Katrina) - so we have to reduce our over consumption of the earth's resources - reduce our footprint and our numbers.
Jul 22, 2009
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?
Fly fishing in the Catskills
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood? How about now??
Marin Headlands north of San Francisco
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is, and why?
Bilby - really into marsupials, especially rare and strange looking ones!
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?
Invasive mammals (particularly on islands) and in the future climate change
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?
We depend on the environment - if we damage it as we are then it will turn around an hurt us (e.g. Katrina) - so we have to reduce our over consumption of the earth's resources - reduce our footprint and our numbers.
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