From the Heart of the Earth - I’m pleased to announce that my 2026 Calendae is now available to pre-order.

Each sale will support a small donation to a local environmental non profit. Link in bio!
#landscape_captures #volanoes #supportlocal

Excited to share our paper on grassland establishment 7 yrs after native #AMF inoculation—showing AMF result in higher diversity + prairie spread into old fields—was selected Editor’s Choice by @femsjournals.bsky.social.🦠🌎
I’ll discuss next week at #SER2025 Denver ! academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...

~ Sucession ~

Often when forest ecologists think of sucession they think of the aspen that spruts following wild fire. Yet, there is also the moss. May be facultative for desired conifer species to regenerate and survive harsh conditions, making post-fire mos critical successive species. #forests

~ Regrowth ~ A plethuera of oak sprout after a wildfire, bringing a bunrant orange to what was once conifer.

#fall #forest #ecosystem #resilience #landscape #autumnphotography

I really can’t be more proud of Richmond. How research on fire moss, mycorrhizae, and pine seedling regeneration is really cool. He’s incorporated his own ideas and perspectives and is really enthusiastic!

The secular and the sacred #japan #temple #buddhist

Paintbrush blooming beneath the massive volcanic peak of Uncompahgre #wildflowers #landscapephotography #mountainphotography

Hermits peak rests below the rays of a setting sun as they illuminate smoke from the Laguna fire and clouds. #landscapephotography

I can’t wait for the flowers to be blooming in the mountains. I love the way fire weed compliments mountain peaks at sunset. #wildflowers #landscapes #sunset #cascades #oregon

Sometimes the view out the windshield is worth sharing. Historic Douglas Street in Historic Las Vegas New Mexico

I miss the mountains. They compel me with their dramas and ever changing presence. #landscape #mountains

I’m personally also dreaming about this old Morman Homestead where Buffalo Bill raised beefalo and Teddy Roosevelt schemed about remote national parks.

Sometimes I dream of wetter places. Here’s a throwback to the springs that emerge from basalt; the water that percolates into the loose soils of strata volcanoes and flows through the earth, until the impermeable Great Basin losses the toes of lava and forces the water out. The magic of springs.

I still feel blown away that we got to witness the northern lights in New Mexico this last year. #photography #northernlights #nmtrue #newmexico #landscape

It feels so lucky to get to see the views of this massive volcano. #volcano #photography #centralamerica #landscape

Here’s a throwback to a thanksgiving sunset at weavers needle. #sunset #arizona #landscape

The magic of a backlight trio of volcanoes is inspiring.

#volcano #geology #landscapes #centralamerica

Fomitopsis pinicola on a old, dead Douglas-fir with an impressive drapery of lichen.

I miss the Colorado Plateau so dearly