Who We Are

Educated in biology, ecology, limnology, sociology, cultural ecology, and geography at Baylor University, Yale School of the Environment, and the University of Texas-Austin.
Primary focus is to interpret complex concepts to people who can benefit, but don't have the requisite background or opportunity to gain the understanding on their own.
Author of The San Marcos: A River's Story, Exploring the Brazos River (received Association of American Geographer's Award for Public Understanding of Geography). and Celebrate Earth!
Distinguished Teaching Service Award from the National Council for Geographic Education.
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Geography, Texas State University.
Teaching experience ranging from secondary school through graduate university levels, including two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer teacher in Ghana, West Africa.
Works in self-directed and place-based learning design, multimedia, aerial and underwater videography/photography, and boat-building.

Educated in biology, English, and art/photography at Baylor and Texas State University.
Certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher
Photographer of the San Marcos and Brazos books and Celebrate Earth!.
Photos in art collections of AT&T, Motorola, McCoy School of Business, and the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University.

Educated in the arts and sciences and Computer Sciences at Evergreen State College and Texas State University.
High-tech consultant and Mom's perspective.

Books and Interpretive Projects

Jerry on the Island of Rhodes doing a scientific examination of Mediterranean squid, 2011.

Julie, Jim, and Jamie at Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 1989.

Jerry, the ever-vigilant photographer at Big Bend National Park, 2021.

Jim on the Rio Grande at Big Bend National Park, 2021.