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Sebastian Moreno has always been interested in nature, but it wasn’t until near the end of his undergraduate studies that he realized wildlife was something he could not only study, but…

A resident of Boston’s South End, Carolyn Lowell is a former high school math teacher now working toward a master’s degree in architecture from the Massachusetts College of Art and…

Rachel Dandeneau is a professor of environmental science at White Mountains Community College in Berlin, New Hampshire, not far from where she grew up. She also chairs WMCC’s STEM and…

Polly Mahoney is a registered Master Maine Guide and the co-founder – with partner Kevin Slater – of Mahoosuc Guide Service, based in Newry, Maine. Since 1990, the pair has been…

Fourteen-year-old Coen Mullins has loved spending time outside for as long as he can remember. His parents had him on skis when he was a toddler, sliding around their yard in Morrisville,…

As the Chittenden County Forester, Ethan Tapper works with landowners in Vermont’s most populous county. For Tapper, this work is as much about engaging the community as it is about…

Jeanette Fournier spent much of her childhood in the woods around her home in Littleton, New Hampshire, or filling notebooks with drawings and sketches. Throughout a career in the corporate…

Russ Cohen has been eating wild foods since he was a child. What started as casual family foraging outings developed into a full-fledged obsession in high school. After earning a…

John Fadden grew up within the Mohawk community of Akwesasne, which comprises bits of northern New York and southern Ontario and Quebec. In 1954, his parents, Ray and Christine Fadden, opened…

Patty Cormier spent much of her childhood in the Maine woods and has devoted her professional life to helping manage the state’s forests. She worked for 20 years as a District Forester…