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Join me in my adventures in California, Yosemite and beyond! I've spent over twenty years in environmental leadership roles--and in two of the largest national parks, Yosemite and Yellowstone.

Through my work as the California Director for the National Wildlife Federation (my dream job), I'll enjoy sharing my encounters with wildlife and my explorations of California's beautiful landscapes with you--especially my favorite place on earth: Tuolumne Meadows and the High Sierra.

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"Life is a dog and then you die. No, no, life is a joyous dance through daffodils beneath cerulean blue skies. And then? I forget what happens next."                                        Edward Abbey

"Within National Parks is room--glorious room--room in which to find ourselves, in which to think and hope, to dream and plan, to rest and resolve."   Enos Mills

"The animals of the planet are in desperate peril. Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen."                                         Alice Walker

"I have never been in a natural place and felt that was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.”                                           Viggo Mortensen

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Must reads! Some good books I am reading or rereading.
  • Last Chance: Preserving Life on Earth (Speaker's Corner)
    Last Chance: Preserving Life on Earth (Speaker's Corner)
    by Larry J. Schweiger
  • The Golden Shore: California's Love Affair with the Sea
    The Golden Shore: California's Love Affair with the Sea
    by David Helvarg
  • Letters to a Young Scientist
    Letters to a Young Scientist
    by Edward O. Wilson
  • Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
    Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
    by Marc Reisner
  • The Future of Life
    The Future of Life
    by Edward O. Wilson
  • Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
    Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
    by Bill McKibben
  • Saving Homewaters: The Story of Montana's Streams and Rivers
    Saving Homewaters: The Story of Montana's Streams and Rivers
    by Gordon Sullivan
  • Pika: Life in the Rocks
    Pika: Life in the Rocks
    by Tannis Bill
  • The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One
    The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One
    by Sylvia Earle
  • Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone
    Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone
    by Douglas W. Smith, Gary Ferguson
  • Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone: A Mountaineering History & Guide
    Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone: A Mountaineering History & Guide
    by Thomas Turiano
  • The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies
    The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies
    by Richard Hamblyn
  • Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
    Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
    by James Hansen
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
    The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
    by Jon Stewart
  • The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
    The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
    by Susan Casey
  • Jane Goodall: 50 Years at Gombe
    Jane Goodall: 50 Years at Gombe
    by Jane Goodall
  • The Wolverine Way
    The Wolverine Way
    by Douglas Chadwick
  • Wolf: The Lives of Jack London
    Wolf: The Lives of Jack London
    by James L. Haley
  • Gloryland
    Gloryland
    by Shelton Johnson
  • Faith of Cranes: Finding Hope and Family in Alaska
    Faith of Cranes: Finding Hope and Family in Alaska
    by Hank Lentfer
  • State of Change, A: Forgotten Landscapes of California
    State of Change, A: Forgotten Landscapes of California
    by Laura Cunningham

Recent articles or news stories

April 7, 2011: National Parks Traveler,  "Latest Studies On Yellowstone National Park's Wolf Packs Show Stable Population," interview with Douglas Smith, by Beth Pratt

March 31, 2011: National Parks Traveler, "Summer Special: Breathtaking, Bighorns, and Blossoms: Hiking Yellowstone’s Mount Washburn," by Beth Pratt

March 6, 2011: Examiner, "Douglas Brinkley delivers "bully" keynote to environmental leaders," by Beth Pratt

February 23, 2011: Examiner, "Dr. Milton Chen inspires environmental leaders at APPL's annual conference," by Beth Pratt

February 15, 2011: Yellowstone Business Partnership, "Sustainability and a Sense of Place," by Beth Pratt

February 13, 2011: Examiner, "Toyota Invests in Yellowstone's future with the Yellowstone Park Foundation," by Beth Pratt

January 15, 2011: Examiner, "Climate change is threatening some of the best protected places on the planet," by Beth Pratt

December 27, 2010: National Parks Traveler, "Yellowstone National Park's 'Psychedelic' Wolves: Using Thermal Imagery to Study Disease," by Beth Pratt

November 25, 2010National Parks Traveler, Some Like it Hot: An Interview With Yellowstone National Park's Geyser Guru, Mike Keller, by Beth Pratt

November 12, 2010: Examiner, Some Like it Hot: Yellowstone Expert Geyser Gazer Mike Keller, by Beth Pratt

October 26, 2010: Examiner, Yellowstone Park Foundation's ongoing efforts to help green Yellowstone, by Beth Pratt

October 25, 2010, National Parks Traveler, Warmer, Drier, Crowded, Grizzly-less, And With Lots of Thistle: the Yellowstone of The Future?, by Beth Pratt

October 14, 2010Wyoming Tourism, Green Bikes in Yellowstone video

October 9, 2010: National Parks Traveler, Scientists Gather to Discuss Yellowstone's Future, by Beth Pratt

October 2, 2010: Examiner, Where the Antelope Roam: Following in the Footsteps on Yellowstone's Pronghorn, by Beth Pratt

September 29, 2010: PR Newswire, Sanyo Eneloop Bike Rolls Into Yellowstone for Xanterra Employee Use

September 7, 2010: National Parks Traveler, Fall Spectacular: The Season of Love for Wildlife in Yellowstone, by Beth Pratt

July 27, 2010: Fast Company, Greening One of the World's Greenest Places, by Lydia Dishman

July 12, 2010: Green Lodging News, Future Generations Keep Beth Pratt Focused on Preserving Yellowstone, by Glenn Hasek

June 22, 2010: Sustainable Industries, Xanterra Leaves a Smaller Trace, by Amie Vaccaro

June 7, 2010: Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show, Sustainable Yellowstone, interview with Beth Pratt

June 2010: Yellowstone Discovery, When Ice Ruled Yellowstone, by Beth Pratt