by Michael | Apr 25, 2012 | Conservation, Resources
Russ Bowles unloads dogfish that will be sold to make fish and chips from the Serena. The vessel changes the species it fishes for based on quotas set by the National Marine Fisheries Council. As the region’s quote for a more valuable species is met, and...
by Michael | Feb 7, 2012 | Colorado, Conservation
A tiger at The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, CO. (Photo © Michael Kodas) When I worked in newspapers, it wasn’t at all uncommon to compete head-to-head with other newspapers on a big story, and to see that subject lead all of the papers on the same day....
by Michael | Nov 8, 2011 | Colorado, Conservation, Photojournalism, Resources
The side of our bus is painted with a command to “Follow the Sun,” and we tried to heed its instructions. Really, we did. But at midnight, when a dozen of us were pushing the bus through a blizzard up highway 550 in northern New Mexico, it didn’t...
by Michael | Oct 26, 2011 | Conservation, Photojournalism
Thursday night at the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Miami I had the honor of moderating a panel of photographers who document threatened landscapes and environmental issues. I had already planned ot use the forum to launch a new...