A restored stretch of the Truckee River at the McCarren ranch outside of Reno, Nevada. I was honored to be part of this years college scholarship committee at the 2010 NANPA summit. This photo was taken during the student photo shoot.

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The prop roots of the Red Mangrove provide the foundation for the rich estuaries around the tropics.

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Shapes and lines of the Cypress Swamp

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''Fanning the Flames." This image was created at night using a long lens (420mm) and a long exposure (1sec.) to capture a palmetto being consumed by flames. Fire is an essential ecological process in most pine woods, and especially here in Florida. I wanted to get an intimate macro style shot of a little explored, but fundamentally essential environmental driver at work as it "grazed" through the flat woods--returning the plant material back into its fundamental elements so they can renew and fertilize the new growth to come.

Palmetto Inferno

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