Candice Gaukel Andrews

Nature Travel: The Health Benefits of Awe and Anticipation

The first time you see a lion on the great plains of Africa, it fills you with wonder. While watching a grizzly bear catch salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska,...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Naming One That’s Wild: A Conservation Aid?

“On a wild, remote island in Lake Superior, gray wolves have lived and thrived for almost 70 years. In the island's forests—which make up the majority of...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: How Whales Help Sequester CO2

We know that the world’s forests—boreal, temperate and tropical—play a large role in sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2)—as long as drought, harvesting, insect...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Will Conservation “Good Lists” Inspire Environmental Action?

Most of us who care about the environment, wildlife and our most precious places are familiar with depressing lists, such as the federal Endangered Species...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Five Travel Tips for Your Inner Weather Wuss

It’s April 23, 2015, and it’s lightly snowing here in the Midwest. That’s a bit unusual in late April, even for Wisconsin. Walking outside this morning, I...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day 2015: the Good, the Bad and the Silenced

Wednesday, April 22, is Earth Day 2015, the 45th celebration of what started out as a true grassroots movement—the environmental likes of which we haven’t...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Take a Virtual Nature Walk

Walking was a favored activity among many of our nation’s greatest nature writers and thinkers—Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir and Albert...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Linking Climate Change to Personal Health: Game Changer?

Suppose we meet for a cup of coffee, and in the course of our conversation, I tell you that 2014 was officially the hottest year on record. I mention that...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Photo Journal: When Scotland Hits You Hard

Scotland gave me a right punch to the head. And I don’t mean metaphorically. I expected to be awed by its rugged coasts and Iron Age forts. I just didn’t...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Research Shows Plants Are Sentient. Will We Act Accordingly?

Animal advocates and wildlife enthusiasts like you and me are always excited when new research comes out demonstrating the intelligence of the “others” among...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: The Importance of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Almost 10 years ago, in the summer of 2005, I attended an outdoor-writing conference that included a silent auction as part of its activities. I had never...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Five Recent Gains for Endangered Wildlife Species

There has been a lot of good news for endangered and “missing” wildlife lately, which seems like a breath of fresh air amid all the dire headlines about rapid...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Photo Journal: Art on Alcatraz, a National Park Unit

National Park Week in April always inspires stories and reflections on our favorite national parks, especially the well-known ones, such Yellowstone National...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Fearing Climate Change: the Fact and the Phrase

Words are my business; I’m intrigued by them and the power they have. As an environmental writer, I am particularly interested in the terms we have to...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Travel Tale: Glacier National Park and the Promise of a Highway

Before I took my first trip to Glacier National Park, I had pretty high expectations for one of its most famous features, Going-to-the-Sun Road. I would think...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Protected Areas Bring in $600 Billion, So Why Cut Funds?

Across the United States, more than 715 million acres of wild lands in thousands of holdings are protected, thanks to measures such as the Wilderness Act of...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: Great Blue Heron Brawl

A great blue heron is one of my favorite birds to spot while canoeing in Wisconsin rivers. Largest of the North American herons, this bird has long, graceful...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Jeremiah Johnson Complex: Are Introverts Drawn to the Mountains?

A new study finds that introverts tend to live in mountainous areas and extroverts gravitate to flat regions. Are we genetically predisposed to landscape types?

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