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Taking the People out of the National Park

Here’s an article I wrote for Medium.com–It’s an opinion piece about the management philosophy of our National Parks.

Read the Article on Medium.com

A Permitting Guide to Oyster Aquaculture

I wrote this for a nonprofit group interested in promoting shellfish aquaculture. They wanted a guide to the permitting process for becoming a shellfish farmer in Connecticut.. I wrote the guide in a friendly, easy-to-read manner, so that a fishermen or interested citizen could easily learn how to go through the complicated permitting process.

Permitting Guide (link to article)

No Other Options

This is a story I wrote for the Adirondack Almanack–it recounts a failed wilderness rescue my friend and I took part in. 

See the Story at AdirondackAlmanack.com

A New Type of Job Search

Here’s a post I wrote a few years ago for Thrive Global.  

Read the Post at Thrive Global

Should we be Counting Fish, or Should we Build them a Better Home?

Here’s a post I wrote on Linkedin.  It’s a commentary on our fisheries management programs and how we should take a more active approach towards habitat restoration.

Read the Post on Linkedin.com

OverTheReef.com

This is my personal blog, Overthereef.com.  There are posts on environmental policy, boat maintenance, hiking, and more.

Go to Overthereef.com

Adapting and Coping with the help of Nature

This is an opinion piece I wrote for my project called Over the Reef Academy.  It’s a program that provides outdoor and environment-themed after school activities.

Read the Article on Medium.com

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