WRITING AND PHOTO CREDITS

He has sold images and articles to Audubon, National Geographic, Natural History, Wilderness, Sierra, Defenders, California Wild, Nature Photographer, Outdoor Photographer, New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angles Times, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News and World Report, National Parks, Vermont Life, Country, Sunset, Arizona Highway, Fly Fisherman, Outdoor Life, Adirondack Life and many other magazines. He is the exclusive contributor to 4-8 signature calendars a year, and? supplies images for dozens of others.


AWARDS

George has won recognition for his writing and photography including: 1st place Environmental/ Conservation 1993 OWAA writing contest, 2nd place for best book in 1994--OWAA 1994, 3rd place for photo--OWAA 1994, Best Nature Calendar Photo in 1993 in Roger Tory Peterson Nature Photography Contest. 2nd place in OWAA writing contest magazine category, 1994. 2nd place in OWAA Book category 1995. 2nd place in OWAA Book category 1996, AAP award for conservation article 1997.


PHOTO EXHIBITS

Photos have also been displayed at the Smithsonian, Museum of Science, Miami, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, on display about the environment at the National Archives, at the National Museum of Natural History as part of an exhibit on the American West and have also been part of three different traveling exhibits (Environment, Wilderness and the American Landscape) in Europe. One photo was selected from thousands to be a part of the Roger Tory Peterson Natural History Exhibit in Jamestown, NY. Several photos were included in a traveling exhibit sponsored by Nikon and OWAA that traveled the country 1994-1995.


BIOGRAPHY

George grew up in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He had an early love for the outdoors and quickly became a naturalist interested in all aspects of nature.

As an undergraduate student, George studied a wide variety of courses, and eventually obtained degrees in liberal arts, botany and wildlife biology. He went on to graduate school at three different universities. First, he attended Montana State University in Bozeman Montana studying Range Science, then he moved to California where he entered the University of California, Santa Cruz and? obtained a graduate degree in Science Communication, and last he attended the University of Oregon where he was enrolled in a graduate program in Geography.

During his undergraduate and graduate school days, George worked as a wilderness guide and instructor for the University of Montana Outdoor Program, river ranger/biologist on the Fortymile River in Alaska, a backcountry ranger in the Gates of the Arctic National Park, a surveyor for the BLM in Alaska, a botanist/biologist for the BLM in Idaho, and a junior high school teacher in California.?He also regularly guided wilderness trips in the Rockies and Alaska.

In addition to his photography and writing, George occasionally teaches field ecology classes, photo workshops, and guides natural history wilderness tours through his company Raventrails.

In the research and writing of a number of books on mountain ranges, wilderness areas and parks, George has visited more mountain ranges in the West than most--having explored hundreds of ranges from New Mexico to Alaska. He has also visited more than 350 wilderness areas, and hundreds of national parks.

In particular, he is very knowledgeable about Alaska and has visited all the national parks, preserves, and major wildlife refuges in that state. As a former resident of Montana by Yellowstone National Park, George is intimately acquainted with the park and has nearly 10,000 images from the park alone, plus is extremely knowledgeable about the park's natural history.