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Nat Hab’s 2020 Sustainability Goals
Nat Hab is known for continually raising the bar on conservation, and one way we do so is through our Green Team initiatives. The Green Team is a group of more than 30 dedicated
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An Absence of Ethics: Wildlife-Killing Contests in Your Backyard
Wildlife-killing contests are legal in all US states, except California (2014), Vermont (2018), and parts of New Mexico (2019). These great and gratuitous events most popularly target predators, and “Old Man Coyote” is public
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Bison Can’t Leave Yellowstone
Ask anyone who has ever visited Yellowstone National Park (YNP) what they remember about their experience, and the response will inevitably include bison. As North America’s largest terrestrial animal, bison (Bison bison), often endearingly
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DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE: The Desire to Connect
In the heart of Bryce Canyon National Park, I sauntered with a small group of nature lovers through a forest of Ponderosa pines. I was guiding a natural history program, and my companions were
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My Biggest Concern for the Future of Life on Earth
Court Whelan, Director of Sustainability and Conservation Travel at Natural Habitat Adventures, recently sent out an insightful office-wide email, and we couldn’t resist sharing his eloquent and valid concerns with our travelers. I often
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Natural Habitat Adventures to Offset Travelers’ Lives for an Entire Year
Natural Habitat Adventures is raising the bar on conservation yet again, offsetting a year’s worth of carbon output for anyone who joins one of the 2020 trips from our new 35th anniversary series, Climate
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Keeping Wolves at the Door: The Economic Benefits (and Struggles) of Wolves in Yellowstone
As the December solstice peaks and wanes, winter burrows itself deeper into the heart of Yellowstone. Geographically, Yellowstone National Park (YNP) is a cold and forbidding place in the winter. The park is a
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For Your Gifting: My Top 10 Nature-and-Travel Authors
While some might say that the true travel genre of books includes those “that record the experiences of an author touring a place,” I find it worthwhile to add another component into my description
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