D.R. Patterson 🌎
@drpatterson.bsky.social
Ecologist. Firefighter. Family Man. US Interior BLM, ret. AZ Rep, fmr. Independent. Photog. MSU Spartans. DJ. Sportsman. Great Lakes. Public Lands. Southwest Deserts. Michigan. Nevada. Arizona. California. Americas 🌎🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦
Me & my longtime hermano, artist, activist & educator Checko Salgado, yesterday in east Las Vegas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Me & my longtime hermano, artist, activist & educator Checko Salgado, yesterday in east Las Vegas.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Happiness is with my lady Lori ❤️ Tahquamenon River, Michigan Upper Peninsula.
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Happiness is with my lady Lori ❤️ Tahquamenon River, Michigan Upper Peninsula.
Happy Halloween from Burt Lake, Michigan 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Happy Halloween from Burt Lake, Michigan 🎃
Today would’ve been Charles David Patterson’s 79th birthday. Rest-in-peace, rest-in-power, Dad. We miss you. We love you. We’re doing ok. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Today would’ve been Charles David Patterson’s 79th birthday. Rest-in-peace, rest-in-power, Dad. We miss you. We love you. We’re doing ok. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
US Interior Dept research vessels Spencer F Baird (USFWS) and Sturgeon (USGS), Cheboygan Michigan. #GreatLakes #science #governmentshutdown
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
US Interior Dept research vessels Spencer F Baird (USFWS) and Sturgeon (USGS), Cheboygan Michigan. #GreatLakes #science #governmentshutdown
It’s been an awesome season on the Great Lakes. I’m thankful, especially for family & friends ❤️. @ Cheboygan, Michigan
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It’s been an awesome season on the Great Lakes. I’m thankful, especially for family & friends ❤️. @ Cheboygan, Michigan
Fog chillin, Burt Lake MI
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Fog chillin, Burt Lake MI
GO GREEN! Beat the cheats. Go MSU Spartans, beat U Michigan football.
October 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
GO GREEN! Beat the cheats. Go MSU Spartans, beat U Michigan football.
Ally P Dogg on the beach, Lake Michigan
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Ally P Dogg on the beach, Lake Michigan
Chevy square body, N Michigan.
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Chevy square body, N Michigan.
Blustery fall day on the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan. #GreatLakes
October 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Blustery fall day on the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan. #GreatLakes
Sunset, Burt Lake Michigan, Oct 18. #GreatLakes #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sunset, Burt Lake Michigan, Oct 18. #GreatLakes #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
More photos of No Kings Cheboygan, Michigan today, a positive event with 200+ turnout in a conservative small town. So much common ground against tyranny. #NoKingsCheboygan #NoKings #Michigan #GreatLakes @safeupnorth.bsky.social @freep.com @nomiindivisible.org @cheboygandems.bsky.social @apnews.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
More photos of No Kings Cheboygan, Michigan today, a positive event with 200+ turnout in a conservative small town. So much common ground against tyranny. #NoKingsCheboygan #NoKings #Michigan #GreatLakes @safeupnorth.bsky.social @freep.com @nomiindivisible.org @cheboygandems.bsky.social @apnews.com
200-250 people turned out at #NoKingsCheboygan today for freedom and democracy. It was lively, peaceful, strong! #NoKings #Michigan
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
200-250 people turned out at #NoKingsCheboygan today for freedom and democracy. It was lively, peaceful, strong! #NoKings #Michigan
8 bullet-hole sign
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
8 bullet-hole sign
October 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Fallin’ Northern Michigan
October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Fallin’ Northern Michigan
We celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day today. I give a shout out to the San Carlos Apache Rez and their radio station KYAY in Arizona.
I was proud to work with KYAY and San Carlos Forestry on the Bronco Fire this summer.
I was proud to work with KYAY and San Carlos Forestry on the Bronco Fire this summer.
October 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day today. I give a shout out to the San Carlos Apache Rez and their radio station KYAY in Arizona.
I was proud to work with KYAY and San Carlos Forestry on the Bronco Fire this summer.
I was proud to work with KYAY and San Carlos Forestry on the Bronco Fire this summer.
Horse wagon tied-up waiting on a dirt road, UM Biological Station, Cheboygan County, Michigan, Oct 12.
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Horse wagon tied-up waiting on a dirt road, UM Biological Station, Cheboygan County, Michigan, Oct 12.
October 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
RIP to my long-time good friend Wally Antone, Quechan elder. Wally was a leader for defending Indigenous people, the Mojave Desert and Colorado River.
October 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
RIP to my long-time good friend Wally Antone, Quechan elder. Wally was a leader for defending Indigenous people, the Mojave Desert and Colorado River.